“In its effect, the Synodal Path displays more submission and obedience to the world and ideologies than to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior,” the letter said.
Europe
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Migration is not a crisis. It is a sign of our times.
Commenting on his recent trip to Malta in his Wednesday audience, Pope Francis spoke about migration and evangelization, especially in a time of war.
Posted inFaith, News
Arriving in Malta, Pope Francis warns of a new Cold War and urges attention to refugees
Malta and its people must remember the country’s roots as the center of spirituality and welcome, especially to those most in need, Pope Francis told leaders of the Mediterranean nation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How Catholic Was Gustave Flaubert?
Gustave Flaubert’s prose reflects a lifetime of grappling with religious and spiritual themes. He saw his Catholicism as a singular form of asceticism, allied to his vocation as a writer.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Talking truth and lies with the Norwegian novelist who won the Nobel Prize
Sigrid Undset wrote the famous “Kristin Lavransdatter” trilogy and won the Nobel Prize. She also was a sometime contributor to America during the Second World War after the Nazi invasion of Norway had forced her into exile.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
A Ukrainian Jesuit’s war diary
Witnessing the level and scale of violence throughout these past days, I still can’t understand its source—violence without reason, senseless cruelty.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The unholy ideology driving both Putin and Patriarch Kirill in the Russia-Ukraine war
The war is not about Russia capturing Ukraine; it is about Russia challenging the Western world, which Mr. Putin and Patriarch Kirill both regard as evil.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The church in Eastern Europe has a chance to improve its record on refugees
Two million people have already fled Ukraine, many to European nations that resisted accepting refugees from the Middle East. Will this new crisis force a reckoning on the treatment of all displaced persons?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Growing up Ukrainian inspired my faith life — and my Jesuit vocation
Of the many things my dad passed on to his children, a reverence for our Ukrainian identity and the strong faith and spirituality that it nurtured in us is his greatest legacy.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The Plight of Ukraine’s Women
“As we celebrate the strength of women around the world, we’re also seeing women struggle in such heartbreaking ways, trying to keep their families safe…serving the youngest and most vulnerable.”