“I’ve joked with friends: I’ll come back to the church when it restores the old Mass—celebrated by women priests.”
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Sister Antona Ebo’s lifelong struggle against white supremacy, inside and outside the Catholic Church
On Nov. 11, the Catholic Church lost a moral titan in the long struggle for racial equality and justice in the United States.
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A Thanksgiving Prayer for Nearly Everyone
‘Now, I know I’m not the most grateful person you know, God, so let me take some time to tell you what I’m thankful for.’
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Fear of Flying: Trying to Trust God at 30,000 Feet
I have been trying with all my heart—with all my mind, with all my soul, to live peaceably with a terror that has been grafted onto me.
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Keeping faith as an actor, even when I don’t get the part
As a Catholic, you continually search for the balance in your professional and spiritual life. Whatever balance you do achieve is far from perfect.
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Does a Catholic play belong at The Stonewall Inn?
If we want to heal the division between the church and the gay community, we have to meet them, humbly, where they are.
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We need images of the Black Madonna now more than ever
In my lifetime, I do not recall having so many reasons to cry and send up my sighs to Mary for help and hope.
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10 years after fighting in Iraq, I have found healing in the Catholic Church
In Iraq, I witnessed death and tragedy, and without faith, I had no way to process it.
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The spirituality of the Sunday long run
“The Church of the Long Run” has become an important practice for Christians across denominations.
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The life of Catholic foundress Cornelia Connelly was ruled by men. Was her obedience to them holy?
To reflect upon Cornelia’s life today is inevitably to lament it.