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Why I love going to funerals
Death and remembrance show us a profound interconnectedness between individuals, bridging diverse lives through shared memories.
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Lighting up Christ the Redeemer with a Taylor Swift T-shirt isn’t blasphemy. I still don’t like it.
This is an image of Jesus, who is God, and he surely loves Taylor Swift the human woman. But he’s not a Swiftie; he’s the Lord.
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What our editors learned while reporting on the Synod on Synodality from Rome
Timely Lessons in the Eternal City
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How a special novena brought our community closer to Mary
How a special novena brought our community closer to Our Lady.
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What can ordinary Catholics do to change unjust laws? A story about anti-Nazi activism offers possibilities
Many of us regular folks, powerless folks, are intimidated by the possible danger of opposing hateful statutes carried out in our name.
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Father James Martin: The good (and bad) spirits I experienced at the synod
My experience of the synod was far more than the thrill of sitting with church leaders from around the world. It was also a spiritual journey.
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Tiny faith stories: ‘May we all get second chances’
In these (very) short essays, readers describe the ways in which they encountered God. The Lord can be present even in people or situations we least expect.
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RIP Philip Endean, a Jesuit scholar who taught us to hold spirituality and theology together
The British Jesuit Philip Endean showed how Karl Rahner’s theology had deep roots in his experience of the Spiritual Exercises.
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Father James Martin: What happened at the Synod on Synodality
The most synodal moments for me were when I spoke with people with whom I disagreed, sometimes dramatically.