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Spirituality
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
We have made this mess of an election. It’s ours. What are we going to do about it?
“You made me. You live with me.”
Posted inPolitics & Society
Father James Martin: Reconciliation and Dissent in the Age of Trump
How does a Catholic move ahead after the election of Donald J. Trump as president?For many Catholics this not a problem. Indeed, the majority of Catholics voted for Mr. Trump and are presumably delighted by his victory. White Catholics, perhaps responding to his message to promote job growth, s
Posted inColumns, Faith
What Canadian religious history can teach us about U.S. church attendance
Once grouped with the Irish and the Polish as a signally devout Catholic population, the citizens of Quebec are now quite the opposite.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Onward Christian Soldier
It was a dark night and a bleak next morning. And then grace came.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
How the Spiritual Exercises can help non-Catholics
‘The Exercises are a means to an end, but not an end in themselves. We shouldn’t mystify them or turn them into a third testament.’
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Year of Mercy is ending, but the work of mercy goes on.
As this year ends, it is crucial that we not shut the door—holy or otherwise—on the needs of those around us.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Faith
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.