Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Psa. 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rev. 21:10-14, 22-23 Jn. 14:23-29 What is the largest body of charismatic Christians in the world? And when did the charismatic, or Pentecostal, movement begin? With […]
Readings: • Acts 14:21-27 • Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 • Rev 21:1-5a • Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 Among the criticisms I once had, as an Evangelical, was that Catholics were too concerned with “The Church.” They […]
Dana Gioia is an internationally recognized poet and critic, and the author of several collections of verse, including Interrogations at Noon (2001), which won the American Book Award, and the widely acclaimed 99 Poems: New & Selected (2016). […]
Readings: • Acts 13:14, 43-52 • Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 • Rev 7:9, 14b-17 • Jn 10:27-30 Pop quiz: which book of the Bible describes black helicopters, high-tech warfare involving Russia and China, and computer […]
Readings: • Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 • Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 • Rev 5:11-14 • Jn 21:1-19 Years ago, not long after entering the Church, I called into a local radio program hosted by […]
Readings: • Acts 5:12-16 • Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 • Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 • Jn 20:19-31 It is fitting that on this second Sunday of Easter, decreed in 2000 by Pope John Paul II […]
Readings: • Acts 10:34a, 37-43 • Psa. 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 • Col. 3:1-4 or I Cor. 5:6b-8 • Jn. 20:1-9 or Mt. 28:1-10 “Hidden first in a womb of flesh, he sanctified human birth by […]
Fr. James V. Schall, the prolific and much-beloved Jesuit, professor and author, died earlier today. His family states that “he was comfortable and at peace” at the time of his death. He was born in […]
Readings: • At the procession with palms, Gospel: Lk 19:28-4 • Is 50:4-7 • Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 • Phil 2:6-11 • Lk 22:14—23:56 It is done. We have judged our God and have […]
Reaction to the unexpected release of a lengthy text—almost exactly 6,000 words in all—by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, titled “The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse”, has been both swift and polarized. Some have […]
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