Researchers from Vanderbilt University found that middle-aged adults who attended religious services at least once in the past year were half as likely to die prematurely as those who didn’t.
Spirituality
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No one wants to be meek. But that’s how Jesus finds us.
Love cannot be violent, cannot force itself; love must endure injury with patience and without resentment.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Augustine gets a makeover in new translation. He hardly needed it.
Instead of the fusty old churchman we all know, Sarah Ruden’s Augustine is a dreamer, an artist, a poet.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why St. Francis de Sales’s ‘Devout Life’ still resonates today
De Sales’s insistence that a life of prayer “finds its ideal in the ordinary” will appeal to modern readers.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The church is discerning its mission for the 21st century. These Catholic leaders got together to talk about it.
Over 3,000 Catholic leaders gathered to encourage unity on the path to becoming “evangelizing disciples.”
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Should we sing patriotic songs at Mass? Probably not.
At a Fourth of July parade, I’m happy to sing to my country. At the Mass, I’d rather sing to my Savior.
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Praying for Hemingway
Even the author’s suicide does not exclude him from God’s mercy.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope Francis’ message of inclusion to guide U.S. Catholic leaders at historic meeting on evangelization
Some 160 bishops and 200 Catholic organizations will gather in Orlando to consider how the U.S. church can better promote the Gospel.
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 […]
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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 […]