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Ricardo da Silva, S.J., is an associate editor of America Media and the host of the podcast “Preach.”
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
FaithNews Analysis
Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a religious order—and whether this is the continuity needed now.
FaithInterviews
The day before he died, Pope Francis made one final circuit through St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile. “That’s my last image of him alive,” Gerry O’Connell remembered. “He drove among the people.”
FaithInterviews
On Good Friday, the role of the preacher is to get out of the way.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of Holy Week, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week of Lent, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
FaithInterviews
Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, justice and concern for those most impoverished and marginalized, offering a radical invitation to all to enter into the kingdom of God.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
FaithSynod Diary
At midday yesterday, the Vatican released Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, “Dilexit Nos,” in which he invites us, the faithful, to return to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and rediscover our own hearts.