The last year has witnessed the rise of an extraordinary international conversation around gender and power. In this watershed moment, where is the church? And how can it help?
Spirituality
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Catholic poet Dana Gioia: Is poetry still a spiritual vocation?
I never try to impose narrow, moral interpretations on art. Poetry is mostly about the joyful discoveries of language and imagination.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bruce Springsteen and Martin Scorsese talk Catholicism, films and creativity
The Netflix-hosted event was in support of the Emmys campaign for his one-man show “Springsteen on Broadway” at the streaming service’s FYSEE (a riff on “for your consideration”) space in the heart of Hollywood.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer of honesty and humor, dies at age 37
Evans had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks and never returned to an alert state.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What a priest, two poets and doubting Thomas taught me about love
I think of pressing a hand or a finger into a wound in order to see, in order to believe.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Here’s how one Catholic stays faithful in the city of angels
Being Catholic in Los Angeles means belonging to a faith family filled with need, but also with great commitment and seemingly unlimited potential.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Can you find God in a black hole?
Thanks to the image released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium, for the first time we have direct proof that a black hole is more than a theoretical construct.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Jewish spirituality enriches my Catholic faith
I—a girl schooled by the Sisters of Loretto and a phalanx of Jesuits—have found my sense of the divine animated by the sacred Jewish lens of wonder and wisdom.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
God spiritually analyzes us — Are we ready?
God is conducting a deep spiritual analysis of each of us, seeking to determine the integrity of our materials and process. Are we ready?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
After losing my 8-year-old son to cancer, I am not afraid of death
From 1997: While I am eager to live, I am also eager to take the journey when God calls me.