As “The Late Show” comes to an end, Father James Martin writes that Stephen Colbert’s smarts, humor and experience of suffering make him one of the most effective public Catholics out there.
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To protest or not to protest? Martin Sheen and discernment
This week on “The Spiritual Life,” Father James Martin asks Catholic actor and activist Martin Sheen: Does everyone have to protest?
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In ‘Raphael: Sublime Poetry,’ art points to a deeper reality
A blockbuster exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offers a spiritual way of seeing.
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Father Henri Nouwen 101: The spirituality of a ‘wounded healer’
This week, “Jesuitical” co-host Ashley McKinless and producer Sebastian Gomes speak to Michael W. Higgins about the spiritual master, Father Henri Nouwen (1932-96). They explore Nouwen’s “wounded healer” approach to ministry, his brokenness and vulnerability, and his impact on contemporary Catholic thought. In “Signs of the Times,” Ashley and Zac discuss Secretary of State Marco […]
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Want to really fight evil? Give your stuff away.
If you have the privilege of self-confidence and stability, challenge yourself to find things you can give away.
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What Cardinal Ratzinger, a deconstructing friend and a woman religious taught me about doubt
Doubt assures travelers they are still on the right path, even as it takes them to the very edge.
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The Catholic Committee of Appalachia’s half-century mission to heal a wounded land
For more than five decades, the group has listened to the people affected by forces of destruction and shared their stories in a series of pastoral letters.
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‘The Bear’ actress Liza Colón-Zayas’s spiritual journey—to agnosticism
My friend Liza Colón-Zayas is the first guest on “The Spiritual Life” podcast who is, by her own admission, an agnostic.
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Performative piety: Why liturgy is not a space for self-expression
Christ is present above all in the flesh of the faces and circumstances in front of me.
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What I learned from a season of loss—on the court and off
After many struggles, I am no longer sure that the final record is the most essential thing.