Kenneth Eugene Smith will face execution by the state of Alabama tonight. I pray that God may grant him peace.

Raised Christian and the daughter of an Israeli Jew, I have had to expand my worldview to learn about Palestinian history. It is important for President Biden to also acknowledge the suffering in Gaza.

Jesuit education instills values of empathy and service. Charles Osgood didn’t miss that class: Those values ran deep and long in him.

The victim said he was sexually abused over a six-year period despite having told the rector that an older student was “bothering” him.

A Reflection for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle, by Colleen Dulle

Colleen and Gerry also parse the pope’s comments on declining birth rates in Italy and address the politicization of the issue and the pope’s call for global economic reforms that promote and support the well-being of young families.

A Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

The Latin Mass organizers said they wanted to show that, rather than threats to national security, they are instead “liturgy nerds” who are often apolitical.

When applied to political leaders, the language of “inevitability” and “invincibility” is profoundly dangerous. It also violates the teaching of the the Gospel that God has given us free will.

RTÉ aired two documentaries in January looking at the decline of the Catholic Church in Ireland: “The Last Priests in Ireland” and “The Last Nuns in Ireland.” But signs of hope can still be discerned amid the decline after years of church turbulence.