Eric Cyr’s short stories prod us to think: How have we filled our own lives? When death comes, what will it show about how we have lived?
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Prevost’s Parish Ministry: The Chicagoland church that helped form Pope Leo XIV
“He had a great way of just kind of getting in the middle,” one sister recalled of the future pope, “and making both sides come together and build bridges.”
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A Brewers fan on the World Series—and what it has to do with ‘Fratelli Tutti’
A theology professor from Milwaukee explains the Brewers’ World Series run: It’s all about caring for others and knowing to put God and neighbor first.
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Why I protest against ICE—even when it feels hopeless
The lying, the secrecy, the racist comments about Haitians from political leaders have motivated people to protest this morning. But what good will we do?
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Intrepid missionaries and martyrs: The origins of Catholicism in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan
In this continuing series on the origins of Catholicism in the 50 states, we now turn our attention to the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
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Archbishop Hebda calls for prayers after woman shot dead by ICE officer in Minneapolis
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is continuing his call for prayers a woman was pronounced dead following a shooting involving a federal agent in Minneapolis Jan. 7.
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A pilgrimage to Pope Leo’s childhood home
One Jesuit’s encounter with a cop, a cat and several fellow Catholics in search of a connection to the first American pontiff.
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A patron saint for migrants in the rural Midwest
Msgr. Luigi Ligutti, an immigrant priest who served other migrants in Iowa, teaches us to look toward rural America, its old residents and new arrivals alike, with sympathetic eyes.
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Prominent Chicago priest Michael Pfleger accused of sexual abuse of minor
A Catholic priest who gained national fame as an activist has been asked to step away from his ministry while allegations that he sexually abused a minor decades ago are investigated.
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Yes, J. F. Powers wrote about priests. But his real subject was America.
Powers’s chosen subjects—in cassocks or nay—are inevitably All-American, and his stories are careful studies of American mid-century life and ambition.