We thought people might be interested in seeing some of their favorite celebrities talk about their faith. What we did not anticipate was that people who came across “Faith in Focus” would be excited about how normal, casual and nonjudgmental these spiritual conversations seemed.
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Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishops and astronauts gather in Washington to remember Apollo 8
Lovell spoke at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday night (Dec. 11) as part of a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Apollo 8 mission that sent Lovell and fellow astronauts William Anders and Frank Borman into space to circle Earth’s gray satellite.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Thomas Merton’s Obituary from 1969
I for one have never known a mind more brilliant, more beautiful, more serious, more playful. The energy behind it was immeasurable, and the capacity for love.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
A 1940s French film is one of the most Catholic horror movies ever made
“The Song of Bernadette” follows a classic horror-film structure in order to make a theological point that could not be more urgent.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Thinking about your death will make you a better Catholic
This week, we talk with Sister Theresa Aletheia, the founder of the Memento Mori Project.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How addiction and trauma brought one nun closer to God
For the past 10 years, I have been able to share my journey of encountering God’s healing love and mercy at conferences and retreats with audiences of all ages and backgrounds across the nation.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My friend suffered silently for years. I didn’t know the depth of her pain until it was too late.
Her voice disappeared, leaving an unrelieved haunting silence that signified the end of Susan Broxton’s earthly life.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Father Thomas Keating’s parting wisdom for a divided church and country
Father Keating left us a powerful but unlikely solution to our current national crisis: centering prayer.
Posted inFaith, News
Rosary maker grows own beads; ‘too few people pray in world,’ he says
In the backyard of his modest home, the 90-year-old waters and nurtures waist-high plants known as “Job’s Tears.” He picks the round grains when they ripen in late summer and uses them for rosary beads.
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Amid drug crisis, spiritual first responders hit the streets
Sidewalk prayers near shoot-up spots. Sunday sermons in the back of a bar. Pleas to struggling souls to surrender to God. Funerals for members of their flock who didn’t make it. Clergy members have become spiritual first responders in the opioid crisis, often leaving the pulpit to minister on the streets. They can be reverends, […]