Some 160 bishops and 200 Catholic organizations will gather in Orlando to consider how the U.S. church can better promote the Gospel.
Spirituality
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
If you’re so depressed you can’t get off the floor, how can you get into the confessional?
Talking about mental health isn’t easy. And when you throw faith into the mix it often becomes even harder. Many Catholics mistakenly think that needing mental health treatment amounts to a kind of spiritual failure. This week, we talk with writer Simcha Fisher, author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, about how she […]
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Why spirituality is central to understanding the Standing Rock protests
Our guest this week is Eileen Markey, the author of A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. She is also the author of America’s most recent cover article: “The Spirit of Standing Rock.” It’s the water of life, it’s waters of baptism, it’s the Jordan river. “I knew from speaking to activists and religious […]
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What are the fears that keep you from flying?
It takes a certain grace to see how fear clips our wings.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Panicking with Grace: A Spirituality for Whatever’s Next
A period of uncertainty may be a great time to begin developing your relationship with God.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Deporting my Iraqi-Christian dad would be a death sentence. That’s why I’m praying for justice.
The one thing that has been getting me and my family through this all has been the power of prayer.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Meet the missionaries who are living the ‘Ignatius option’
The motivation for withdrawal in the Ignatius option is formation for mission rather than countercultural resistance.
Posted inFaith, Features
How Standing Rock became a spiritual pilgrimage for activists
Activists see a moral imperative for protecting our water.
Posted inFaith, News
Hypocrisy kills the Christian community, Pope Francis says at morning Mass
“Hypocrisy is not the language of Jesus. Hypocrisy is not the language of Christians. A Christian cannot be a hypocrite and a hypocrite cannot be a Christian. This is very clear,” he said. “Hypocrisy can kill a community.”
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
Afro-Latina artist reimagines Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam”
At first encounter, Harmonia Rosales’s “The Creation of God” is striking. It is beautiful and familiar. Like Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam,” Rosales’s painting portrays the creation of humankind. However, the skin tones, gender and story being depicted by the artist are strikingly different.