For some, a deadly pandemic may confirm their disbelief in any higher power, writes Juan Vidal, but the picture is larger than what we can see with our eyes.
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Pope says living faith without sacraments, community is dangerous
In his homily during morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, Pope Francis warned against “detachment” from the sacraments, the church, and each other, saying that it was “dangerous.”
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A man of faith and reason: Remembering Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I.
Cardinal George had much to teach us about the ways in which “reason finds itself strengthened in its dialogue with faith, and vice versa.”
Posted inEditorials, Faith
To our church leaders during coronavirus: We see you, and thank you.
While the doors of our churches are closed for now, the shepherds have not abandoned their flocks
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Priest who died from virus called ‘great missionary among us”
He died at Wyckoff Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn from complications related to the coronavirus and is believed to be the first Catholic priest in the United States to die as a result of COVID-19.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
When pitchers and batters become ministers and deacons
Baseball is not a religion, but plenty of its players find their real vocation after retirement.
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Our response to the coronavirus pandemic reveals who we truly are
Catholic social teaching offers us principles for reflection, criteria for judgment, guidelines for action which can guide our individual, institutional and national choices.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Mining the partnership between science and religion
The book is characteristically careful, methodical and precise—hallmarks of Haight’s writing style and theological methodology. Readers familiar with the development of Catholic theologies of nature and creation will find much to converse with here, as will philosophical theologians.
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Does your workplace support your religious practice?
America asked our readers: Does your workplace support your religious practice?
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How the Jesuits helped to bring Latin to Russia
Seeing the proselytizing success of the Jesuits in Eastern Europe, some Orthodox clerics decided to defend their expression of the faith using the very tools that were challenging it.