How a tiny U.S. Post Office in Ossining, N.Y., became the site of a caper for the ages.
Evangelization
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
How St. John Henry Newman can help us understand why Catholics are leaving the church
The process of leaving the church is not so different from the process of joining it.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Martin Luther King’s radical politics were rooted in radical Christian love
As we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. this month, it is worth remembering that despite the intensely political nature of his ministry and activism, Dr. King was himself not a politician so much as a prophet.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A pilgrim in search of grace
In her fourth book, The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions Into Devotion, Sonja Livingston introduces herself as a “pilgrimess” returning to her childhood church in Rochester, N.Y., after not regularly attending Mass for 20 years.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Tagle: Evangelization happens in Philippine shopping malls
In the Philippines, the Christmas spirit can be found in a shopping mall chapel.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Tagle to head Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
The congregation’s task has always been “the transmission and dissemination of the faith throughout the whole world.”
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Father Sosa ‘dreams’ of a Society of Jesus that ‘builds a future full of hope’
Father Sosa said the Society of Jesus will also seek to respond to “the concrete requests of Pope Francis” in support of his work for the renewal of the church and its structures.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The faith that made Mr. Rogers a great evangelist
Asked in 1986 to describe himself, Fred Rogers listed off a long catalog of descriptors, including performer and television producer, but he concluded with “a husband and a father. And I am a minister.”
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Social justice and martyrdom: Unpacking Francis’ vision for evangelization
This week, Gerry and I examine the theme of martyrdom that has emerged repeatedly in recent weeks and how it relates to Pope Francis’ vision of evangelization.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The culture wars won’t stop the rise of the religiously unaffiliated
The Pew Research Center recently declared that so-called nones, or the religiously unaffiliated, make up 26 percent of the U.S. population, up from 17 percent only a decade ago.