Discovering that a pivotal figure like Esther, who saves her people from death, also happens to be childless, can help us understand that childlessness in Scripture cannot be understood only as a curse.
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Archbishop Cordileone: Racism is a virus. The Acts of the Apostles shows us how to fight it.
A homily on anti-Asian hate and racism from Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone of San Francisco.
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The USCCB parody Twitter account asked people to share when they felt least at home in the church. Catholics had a lot to say.
The invitation to share moments of exclusion and hurt at the hands of the church generated a significant response.
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‘I’m only trying to help people love Jesus more’: memories of Hans Küng from a Jesuit theologian
Hans Küng was only 34 years of age when a visit to the United States firmly established him as the leading theologian of the time.
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I am a Jesuit and I am an alcoholic
Going to A.A. was an act of faith.
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Artificial food, sex and drugs give us an artificial high — and they’re getting in the way of our search for God.
Our desires for the divine can be co-opted by artificial stimulants-. Ignatian prayer can help.
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Watching the trial of Derek Chauvin during Holy Week
If Christians, especially white Christians, vilify Derek Chauvin, we absolve ourselves of our own complicity in the racist structures that permitted him to place and pin his knee on George Floyd’s neck. Surely it is not us, Lord?
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My 8-year-old son has taught me—a sacramental theologian—how to love the sacraments again.
I needed my beloved son to teach me once more to gaze with desire upon the Blessed Sacrament, to receive with joy the body and blood of Our Lord.
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How one gay southern Baptist found himself drawn to the Catholic Church
Coming to the Catholic Church was not so much a radical departure from everything I had known before; it was a new chapter that allowed me to embrace and build upon it.
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St. Óscar Romero helped me carry the cross of experiencing anti-Asian racism—and to speak out against hate.
St. Óscar Romero’s words asking us to value our sufferings as Christ did invite me to see my struggles as something I do not need to hide.