For the Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year C, John Connell reflects on the Gospel’s message of Jesus as a shepherd, who knows his sheep intimately and cares for them with great love.
Faith
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I’m a Gen-Z Catholic. Pope Francis changed my despair about the world into hope
For many Catholics older than me, Francis represented a cultural shift from previous pontificates. As a Gen-Z Catholic, Francis is the only pope I’ve known.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
El Salvador president says he won’t return erroneously deported and imprisoned man to US
“Of course I’m not going to do it. The question is preposterous,” said Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in a meeting with Trump administration officials on Monday, April 14.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican updates norms on donations for special Mass intentions to allow ‘collective’ celebrations
Catholic faithful do not “buy” Masses, but when a priest accepts an offering and promises to celebrate a Mass for that person’s loved one or other special intention he must do so, the Vatican said.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
R.I.P. Roger Freet, a man responsible for some of your favorite Catholic books
Some of your favorite books by Christian authors came to be because of the careful and loving assistance of Roger Freet, the editor and literary agent who died on March 18.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: A Catholic neuroscientist explains your brain on religion
The latest neuroscience will blow your mind, body and soul.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Ernest Hemingway’s simple, devotional and private Catholicism
Was Ernest Hemingway’s lifelong subject a study of saintliness? A new book on his religious faith provides ample evidence of that.
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I will forever be proud to call myself a student of Martin Marty
Martin Marty, a towering figure in the study of American Christianity, died last week. Joe McShane, S.J., one of his former graduate students, remembers him with gratitude.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A priestly ministry on hockey skates
‘Hockey Priest: Father David Bauer and the Spirit of the Canadian Game’ shows the interplay of spirituality and sport in the world that Father Bauer helped create.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Philip Berrigan’s prophetic ire
‘A Ministry of Risk,’ a collection of the writings and speeches of the late Phil Berrigan (1923-2002), is a provocative anthology destined to leave most readers bewildered, challenged and perhaps even a little angry.