As Christians have become more familiar and neighborly with people of other religious traditions, we have extended that familiarity to appreciation, and sometimes appreciation becomes appropriation.
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What will our world look like after the coronavirus crisis? That is up to us.
What our world will become will depend on the way we respond now, on how we can open our eyes and hearts to the things that really matter in our lives: family, friends, people, community, nation and a healthier world.
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When the racist response to Covid-19 hits home
I have traveled all over the world, yet I have never felt the need to hide my ethnicity until now, in my own hometown, New York City.
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Matt Malone remembers former America editor and Fordham president Joseph O’Hare
Joe O’Hare had a quick, nimble mind that was the master of its own house. No one has ever accused him of being “predictably anything.”
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How these students celebrated their senior year after Covid-19 closed Boston College’s campus
Returning home from school for the last time would not be easy for many.
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How do we stay spiritually fit in a time of coronavirus?
Self-denial is a kind of training. What we are aiming for is the spiritual athleticism that equips us to meet the demands that will come.
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Keeping baseball alive in the time of coronavirus
Baseball didn’t fall from the sky. It is a gift, made by humans. It is exciting. It could disappear.
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Here are the Jesuit parishes and ministries live-streaming Mass every day of the week
In these difficult times, priests and their lay collaborators in Jesuit ministries across the United States are offering spiritual consolation in the form of live-streaming liturgical services.
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To heal the church from the sex abuse crisis, we need apologies, not just policies
What if each and every priest acknowledged the pain and devastation this scandal has caused?