How did all of the efforts that had borne buckets a year ago result in so many losses in our final year?
Faith
Posted inFaith, Short Take
For many, a tattoo isn’t just ink. It’s a religious experience.
Among U.S. adults under 35, about 40 percent have tattoos. And getting inked has more parallels to traditional religious practice than you might think.
Posted inFaith, News
Survey: A third of young Catholics expect to attend Mass less often after the pandemic
Nearly three-quarters of young U.S. Catholics say they can be a good Catholic without going to Mass every Sunday, according to a new CARA survey.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: We all know how to pray to God the Father and Jesus. But what about the Holy Spirit?
The prayer to the Holy Spirit is spontaneous: it needs to come from your heart. In difficult moments, you need to ask: “Holy Spirit, come.”
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: ‘Take a look at yourself!’ before criticizing other people
“How easy it is to criticize others!” Pope Francis said at his Nov. 3 general audience. “But there are people who seem to have a degree in gossip. Each and every day they criticize others.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Covid delayed my college graduation 517 days. It taught me the importance of rituals—even if we celebrate them late.
Can a ritual that comes a year and a half late possibly mean what it was originally supposed to? No. But it ended up having a deep meaning entirely its own.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Brandi Carlile is Pope Francis’ kind of songwriter: Tender
Brandi Carlile’s latest album shows the singer’s keen awareness of the radical nature of tenderness.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Atoning for sins against Indigenous people begins with confronting the past. Red Cloud Indian School is showing the way.
The Jesuits came to Pine Ridge at the invitation of Chief Red Cloud, but the impact of their assimilative efforts, made in conjunction with the United States government, are undeniably still present.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Saints and sinners alike: My Catholic upbringing in Las Vegas
I have spent my entire career attempting to pay homage to (and in a deeper sense, to keep alive) all the incredible characters of my Catholic-kid-in-Las Vegas life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
Is this Christian poet Russia’s next Nobel laureate?
A profoundly Russian author, Olga Sedakova offers insights into Christian living for a worldwide audience.