For some reason, I have never found going to confession all that difficult. That is not the case for many Catholics.
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Preaching the Risen Christ: Daily resurrections in war-torn areas
In the second episode of Preach’s Easter series, host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., brings on Brother Peter Iorlano, F.S.C., who has lived and ministered at Bethlehem University for over 20 years, accompanying Palestinian students and colleagues through occupation, conflict and loss.
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Podcast: ‘Don’t Take the Bait’: A Roundtable on Trump’s Pope Leo Comments
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America Editor-in-Chief Fr. Sam Sawyer, SJ, joins Vatican Correspondent Colleen Dulle and Executive Editor Ashley McKinless for a roundtable discussion on the recent comments President Trump and other administration officials have made about Pope Leo, and the pope’s response given en route to his tour of four African countries.
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Money, ideology and polarization: Why the Catholic Church blesses social justice
This week on “Jesuitical,” a roundtable on President Trump’s broadside against Pope Leo, plus John Carr on his decades of work spreading Catholic social teaching
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Preaching the Risen Christ: Finding hope in addiction recovery
In this episode of “Preach” we continue our Easter series on preaching the hope of the resurrection in a broken world. Our guest Tom Weston, S.J. is a Jesuit priest, counsellor and man in long-term recovery, who has devoted most of his priestly life to working alongside people battling addiction—leading 12-step based retreats, offering counseling and spiritual accompaniment, and lecturing internationally.
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Reactions: President Trump lashes out at Pope Leo XIV
In a special America Media editors’ roundtable, Sam Sawyer, S.J., Ashley McKinless and Colleen Dulle break down President Trump’s unprecedented attack on Pope Leo XIV.
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Poetry and spirituality with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Our guest on this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast is a man who looks at the world through the eyes of not only a poet but a believer. But Pádraig Ó Tuama’s life is even more varied than that.
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Podcast: Pope Leo denounces Trump’s Iran threats
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry recap a packed two weeks of Vatican news, covering Pope Leo’s first Holy Week celebrations and his comments on President Trump’s threat to wipe out ‘an entire civilization.’
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Pope Leo’s first Holy Week and Easter in a world at war
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Sebastian discuss Leo’s first Holy Week and Easter as pope and his calls for peace amid war in the Middle East.
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Why St. Augustine’s words on desire are some of the greatest spiritual insights ever written
Over my 25 years as a spiritual director, I don’t think I have quoted any line (apart from verses from the Gospels) more than St. Augustine’s dictum, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”