(And what the Gospel says we should do instead)
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Why President Trump’s comments don’t reflect the Haiti I have come to know
An assessment of a country’s living conditions says nothing about the people who live in those conditions.
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Finding the Jesuit spirit of theater in Chekhov’s ‘Three Sisters’
A computer scientist returns to the stage
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The humbling spirituality of (bad) fishing
My fishing life has been a series of snagged lines and broken dreams.
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Cardinal Tobin: ‘I hope women will continue to speak the truth’
An interview with Cardinal Joseph Tobin on the changing place of women in the church.
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How to celebrate Epiphany with Baby Jesus baked in: ‘Rosca de Reyes,’ or ‘Kings Bread’
‘Rosca de Reyes’ gives a sweet ending to the 12 days of Christmas.
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Discovering my priesthood as a Catholic woman in Protestant seminary
I stopped running from the ordination question and started wrestling with it.
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Were Jesus, Mary and Joseph refugees? Yes.
A family is forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution. This is the classic modern-day definition of a refugee.
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Bethlehem in 2017 is not the place of Christmas carols
We are full conspirators in this commerce, for we, too, have come to buy our bit of Bethlehem.
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Las Posadas: a Mexican tradition keeps Christ (and Mary and Joseph) in Christmas
Las Posadas, “the inns,” is a reenactment of the Holy Family’s search for lodging in Bethlehem before the birth of Christ.