Carmen Nanko-Fernández is the director of the Hispanic Theology and Ministry Program at Catholic Theological Union. When Bronx native Carmen Nanko-Fernández...
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Readings (Year C): Wisdom 18:6 – 9Psalm 33:1, 12, 18 – 19, 20 – 22Hebrews 11:1 – 2, 8 – 19Luke 12:32 – 48 Reflection:...
Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles Alan Sparhawk & Trampled by Turtles (Sub Pop, 2025) On November 5, 2022, Mimi Parker died. Singer, songwriter, and...
And [Jesus] was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light.” (Matthew 17:2) Three gospels—Matthew, Mark...
While browsing a folder of religious iconography, I came across an unusual sight: the image of a saint with a swan at his side: St. Hugh of Lincoln, the...
Listen on: Apple | Spotify This week on Just Politics, hosts Eilis and Colin welcome Laurie Carafone, NETWORK’s new executive director. She...
When the encyclical Laudato Si’ (On Care for our Common Home) was released in 2015, I had high hopes that the Catholic Church in the United States would...
Readings (Year C): Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21 – 23Psalm 90:3 – 4, 5 – 6, 12 – 13, 14 and 17Colossians 3:1 – 5, 9 – 11Luke 12:13...
“No Irish need apply.” An arrogant Illinois historian once forcefully argued that this phrase—and the experience it represented—was a historical hoax, calling...
If God Were a Great Big Bear By Paul Harbridge, Illustrated by Marta Dorado (Beaming Books, 2025) “God is in me? And you? And the kitten?” My 3-year-old found...





