The church needs Madeleine Delbrêl’s words and example to transform our vision of one another, whether across ecclesial lines or simply across the subway aisle.
Saints
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
During plague, Catholic Church called on saints for help, healing
In this time of the coronavarius outbreak, Catholics everywhere are calling upon the intercessions of saints and holy ones to get through this trying time.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
More than snakes and shamrocks: St. Patrick, retold
A new look at one of Catholicism’s most popular saints.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
How St. John Henry Newman can help us understand why Catholics are leaving the church
The process of leaving the church is not so different from the process of joining it.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Joan of Arc has been a saint for 100 years. Her exploitation continues.
The far-right nationalists who have used Joan of Arc as a symbol are missing her significance, writes the author of the novel “Saint Joan of New York.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
For those on death row, redemption of souls is what matters most
Regardless of where one stands on the death penalty, however, all Catholics must not lose sight of the souls on death row who await the judgment that state-enforced terminations will quicken.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
The Poisoned Loaf
A crow, legend tells us,
took the poisoned loaf
the jealous subdeacon
had sent to Benedict
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Sainthood causes require thorough investigation, Pope Francis says
Before declaring that a person lived a holy life and is with God in heaven, the pope said, intense investigation is necessary.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
In ‘A Hidden Life,’ martyrdom is the cost of faith
The new film from Terrence Malick tells the dramatic story of the Austrian farmer turned conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Updated: Beatification for Archbishop Sheen postponed
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed.