As this year ends, it is crucial that we not shut the door—holy or otherwise—on the needs of those around us.
Spirituality
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Why Pope Francis updated the beatitudes
Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized and show them their closeness.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Obama offers a welcome opportunity for de-escalation in Dakota pipeline stand-off
Americans might be forgiven if they thought they had put the great pipeline wars behind them with the abandonment of the giant Keystone XL.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
An Election Day Prayer from Father James Martin
Lord, help me to remember the “least” among us, how to cast my vote for the good of all.
Posted inFaith
Hope: The forgotten virtue of our time.
To live in hope is to want nothing less for ourselves than what God wants for us. If that were the fundamental desire of our lives, what would change? How would we be resurrected?
Posted inFaith, The Word
There is no Catholic civil war, regardless of what certain Catholic political pundits tell you.
“He has rescued us from the power of darkness” (Col 1:13)
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Heaven is a place for self-improvement in a new NBC comedy
The afterlife. For as long as we have been around, we have fashioned stories about how you get there, who lives there and what happens when you arrive.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How Alcoholics Anonymous is Connecting People to God
In this week’s podcast Bill McGarvey speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about how Alcoholics Anonymous is connecting people to God outside of the church. For Bill McGarvey, many of the most grounded and spiritually open people he knows are members of A.A. In an age where fewer people are willing to affiliate with institutional […]
Posted inFaith, In All Things
On grieving the loss of a spouse
Finding faith after an unexpected death.
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James Martin, S.J.: Necesitamos construir un puente entre la comunidad LGBT y la Iglesia católica.
Todos nosotros somos imperfectos, pecadores amados que seguimos la llamada que oímos por primera vez en nuestros bautismos.