If U.S. Catholics seek to embrace Martin Luther King Jr.’s desire to “redeem the soul of America,” we will also have to reclaim the soul of Catholicism, which is nothing less than a broad and inclusive love for all, including those considered “stranger.”
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Review: Examining the sanctuary movement at an important political moment
By centering the voices and experiences of Latina/o sanctuary leaders in ” Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities,” Gina M. Pérez presents sanctuary as both a sacred and secular reality.
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Review: The nonviolent Jesus
In “The Gospel of Peace,” the Rev. John Dear embarks on a kind of spiritual experiment: interpreting the three synoptic Gospels through the lens of nonviolent activism and uncovering connections between first-century Judea and modern-day America.
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Introducing the female mystics, jagged edges and all
In her new book, “The Mystics Would Like a Word: Six Women Who Met God and Found a Spirituality for Today,” Shannon K. Evans beautifully articulates how the spirituality developed by women mystics still inspires and applies to us today.
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Review: Opus Dei, inside and out
In ‘Opus,” Gareth Gore examines many seminal moments in the history of the controversial Catholic group Opus Dei, arguing that its secretive ways have allowed it to cover up serious scandals.
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England’s ‘Catholic Moment’: What can the history of British converts tell us about American Catholics?
As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn from some of the more prominent converts in British Catholic history?
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The Christian response to a suffering world is hope.
Christian hope, as Pope Francis understands it, reminds us that a better and more just world is within our grasp.
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity to focus on Nicene Creed
As Christian churches prepare to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will focus on affirming the Nicene Creed and its expression of the faith Christians share.
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L.A. and the sacred dream of suburbia, captured by D. J. Waldie
D. J. Waldie’s strikingly beautiful book in 1996 about what it was like to grow up in Lakewood, Calif., “Holy Land,” is one of many writings by this chronicler of Los Angeles’s past and future.
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Cardinal McElroy to DC and Sister Brambilla to a top spot at the Vatican: what you need to know
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy as Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian Consolata missionary, as prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.