I had at least thought there would be nobility in war. I know it exists. There are so many stories, and some of them have to be true. But I see mostly normal men, trying to do good, beaten down by horror, by their inability to quell their own rages, by their masculine posturing and […]
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A Life of Boldness
The fearless, risky speech of Jeremiah and Jesus is both an example and a command to the church throughout time.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Becoming the Body of Christ
Jesus’ body was a place of action. In his body, Jesus healed, fed, forgave, called and taught.
Posted inFaith, News
Protecting creation is not optional, Vatican says, day after Trump pulls out of Paris Agreement
Christians and Muslims, believers in one God, have an obligation to safeguard the world God created, said the Vatican’s annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan.
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Canadian Catholic TV network relies on young adults to evangelize the world
Launched in 2003, Salt & Light Media now has a new home in downtown Toronto.
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Meet the nun who’s transforming companies into socially responsible corporations
“For many years if anyone from General Electric would see Sister Pat on the streets of New York they would cross the street to avoid her,” the GE executive recalled. “Today, I knew she was going to be here and I looked for her at breakfast.”
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Shushed, scolded, and welcomed: Our readers tell us how kids are treated in their parishes
Seventy-two percent of our reader sample told America that, for good or ill, the way their children were welcomed had a critical effect on their own relationship with their parish.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
A lesson from Pope Francis: Evangelizing through pastoral accompaniment
Even though it is no longer a surprise, Pope Francis still makes news with his direct pastoral ministry, as he did in May, going door-to-door to bless homes in a public housing complex in the Roman suburbs.
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What Pope Francis learned from St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
An excerpt from Jesuit Sean Salai’s new book “All the Pope’s Saints: The Jesuits Who Shaped Pope Francis”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Seeing myself in the Black Madonna
I grew up in the era of “Black is Beautiful.” But standing before ‘La Moreneta’ was different.