Our task now, after we have defaced our neighbors’ political signs and posted undignified invectives online, is to figure out how to be more neighborly to one another.
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Infuriating life (and post-election) advice: If you want peace, accept things as they are.
This is the prayer: Accept things as they are. It was all meant to be.
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The most remote parish in the world has 42 Catholics and zero priests. It’s still thriving.
It is the most remote settled island on earth, and a small Catholic community not only survives there but thrives.
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Election Day’s chaos and long lines brought me hope for my country—and my church
Whatever comes next may be ugly. We all know this. But for reasons I can hardly explain, I felt buoyed up the morning after the election.
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God, please just give me (and the country) a little patience.
The only reaction that matters right now for most of us is spiritual. We need patience. We need to let the votes be counted.
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13 saints (and 2 Marys) to pray to on Election night
Got election anxiety? There’s a patron saint for that.
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In Belize, death is a part of life. That doesn’t mean it’s easy.
During my first half-decade as a priest, I buried a total of three people. In the last two years here in Belize, that number is well over a hundred—and it has reminded me of love’s eternalness.
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A church in Rome has over 3,000 skeletons on display. They give a chilling—but hopeful—reminder about death
All Souls is not just a remembrance of those we have lost, whether to death or to time. All Souls is a remembrance that beyond this world, there is more to come.
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Día de los Muertos is a celebration—even during a pandemic.
For those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19, celebrations will not be the same this year. But they will still remember the souls who have passed on to new life.
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The first African-American cardinal is a tribute to the faith of Black Catholics—and a gift to the entire church
Father Bryan Massingale: As Black Catholics, we rejoice because we are now visible as never before. We are seen. We matter.