What books made the reader a better person when he or she turned the final page?
Books
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Remembering martyrs for their humanity, as well as their faith
Maura Clarke might appear to have been a loser in the fight for human dignity. Not so.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Hospice chaplain Kerry Egan reflects on the stories and grace she has encountered in her work.
A hospice chaplain learns that people carry burdensome secrets and regrets, and the prospect of dying makes them want to unload them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Three centuries of Romanov rule brought Russia, in fits and starts, toward modernity.
The 19th century witnessed an intriguing range of tsars, from reformist to reactionary or a combination of both.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
What do Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor and Caravaggio have in common? Their Ignatian imagination.
‘Imagination is a spiritual reality that can draw us toward the good, the true and the beautiful.’
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
3 ways forgetfulness can actually help us
God knows we forget, but we rarely hear a good word about it.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Parents: You can’t make your kids love you.
A child cannot be grasped, like an object. A child can only be caressed, which is to touch without possessing.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
‘God Is Not Fair’: Author Q&A with Daniel P. Horan, OFM
“There are so many ways that the Christian message can better inform how we respond to our contemporary circumstances.”
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Who is the Real Pope Francis?
This week, Mark Shriver chats to Olga Segura and Matt Malone, S.J., about his new book. In Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis, Mark Shriver explains who Jorge Bergoglio was before he took on papal responsibility.
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Is Mr. Blue’s call to look deeply inward and compassionately outward relevant today?
Mr. Blue’s relevance endures because of its call to look deeply inward and compassionately outward.