Fr. Bill tells us how his experience as a prison chaplain has prepared him to understand the most profound spiritual challenges of his new parishioners.
Spirituality
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What do millennials want from religion? Three shows have the answer.
“Hadestown,” “The Good Place” and “Fleabag” tackle life’s big questions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Consolations and desolations with Marvel’s newest Spider-Man
The film can help teach us about elements of Ignatian spirituality, particularly the discernment of good and evil spirits.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
A new dimension of Ignatian formation: laypeople training laypeople
Jim Caccamo speaks about the role of Ignation spirituality for laypeople in Jesuit institutions.
Posted inFaith, Features
When professional Catholics burn out
Working for the church can make it hard to believe in it.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Why we shouldn’t change the translation of the liturgy again
It is tempting to want to change the words of the 2011 Roman Missal. But we shouldn’t—part of the point of ritual is its seeming changelessness.
Posted inFaith, Features
Is Francis our first charismatic pope?
Francis may not pray in tongues, writes Austen Ivereigh, but no pope has ever identified as closely with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, nor been so keen to move it front and center of the church.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can the technology behind Bitcoin be used to build a belief system?
Bitcoin has value because people believe in it and evangelize it, and the more that value increases, the more incentive there is to evangelize it.
Posted inFaith, Sunday To Sunday
A Tribute to Rev. James V. Matthews | Sunday to Sunday
In this episode of Sunday to Sunday, we pay tribute the Rev. James V. Matthew’s great witness as a preacher and his devotion to the Oakland community.
Posted inExamen, Faith
Embrace the resurrection in those around you
Part of embracing resurrection and new life is embracing it not only in Jesus, not only in yourself, but in those around you.