This week on a special, interview-only episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and guest host Sebastian talk with James Martin, S.J., editor at large for America, about his new memoir Work in Progress: Confessions of a busboy, dishwasher, caddy, usher, factory worker, bank teller, corporate tool, and priest. Ashley, Sebastian and Father Jim discuss: Links for further […]
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‘Midwinter Break’: a marriage at a crossroads—and a decision for faith
Every marriage has its tensions. In “Midwinter Break,” faith—or the lack thereof—is one.
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Father Bryan Massingale on faith and identity as a Black, gay, Catholic priest
Father Bryan Massingale has the ability to focus attention on problematic areas in the church in a way that is both challenging and undeniable.
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When your son becomes a priest—and you’re not so sure about the Catholic Church
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and guest host Sebastian sit down with Kristen Gilger, author of ‘My Son, The Priest: A Mother’s Crisis of Faith,’ and her son, Patrick Gilger, S.J., to discuss their interwoven journeys of faith.
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Move over Christmas carols. It’s time for Lent’s greatest hits.
Lenten music and hymnody aim to lift us up and call us back to the two primary themes of this season of preparation for Easter.
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Prayer (and grief) in Olympic figure skating
Maxim Naumov’s skate was more than a skate, it became a prayer, as he publicly grieved his parents—former Olympic skaters—with his skating at the Olympics.
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Everyone we love will be forgotten. The communion of saints is our reason for hope.
We have to look for places where grace works through forgetfulness. And remember that God knows each one of us.
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Pope Leo XIV explains why Catholics fast during Lent
The ancient practice of fasting from food during Lent can free us from complacency and lead us to “hunger” for God, Pope Leo XIV said in his 2026 Lenten message.
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Review: Kathleen Norris on a sister’s love
Kathleen Norris’s profound new book ‘Rebecca Sue’ is a kind of double memoir of Norris’s sister, who had suffered from severe mental disabilities, as well of the author herself and her family.
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Journeying through Lent with Augustine and Pope Leo
If you really want to understand the harrowing, vulnerable journey of Lent, picture the plight of the migrant.