Like the pope’s encyclical letter on creation care, Laudato Si’, the apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum alludes to St. Francis of Assisi and his famous...
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The Future By Naomi Alderman (Simon and Schuster, 2023) “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive...
By all accounts, Mother Mary Lange was a holy woman. She was also a revolutionary in every way that a visibly Black nun ministering in the slaveholding and...
I have been a Catholic for seven years; however, as a parent of gay children and a child with autism, I struggle at times with remaining Catholic. As an...
Laudate Deum is an astonishing short letter that is part scolding, part warning, part strict urging, and one hundred percent pastoral concern. Clearly a...
Readings (Year B): Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-91 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 Reflection: God has a place for each of us On Sundays the first...
Julia Feder is associate professor of religious studies and theology and the director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in...
Javelin Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty, 2023) Sufjan Stevens is the rare songwriter still wrestling with Christianity’s full emotional range. Without leaving...
“How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!” (Psalm 133:1) On May 15, 2026, I will celebrate my 50th anniversary of priestly...
Readings (Year B) 1 Samuel 3:3b – 10, 19 Psalms 40:2, 4, 7 – 8, 8 – 9, 10 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17 – 20 John 1:35 – 42 ...
