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Daily Comment
Women Played an Unprecedented Role at the Pope’s Synod. Will It Make Any Difference?
What was clear going in was that the event could have been a capstone to Francis’s first decade as Pope.
The Weekend Essay
The Quiet Revolution of the Sabbath
Requiring rest, rather than work, is still a radical idea.
Flash Fiction
“Woman to Woman”
He got to thinking that all things were possible, like when he’d walked the halls of Chicasetta Colored High School.
Culture Desk
Jacob Anderson Scares Easily
The “Interview with the Vampire” star ruminates on death and immortality while visiting the crypts under St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.
Cultural Comment
Shinzo Abe’s Assassin and Japan’s Complicated Spirituality
The country’s so-called new religions have caused a disproportionate amount of turmoil.
Dept. of Heirlooms
The Songs That Made Church a Home
“Lead Me, Guide Me” was the first hymnal commissioned for African American Catholics. But it was also something passed down, like faith itself.
On Religion
What American Christians Hear at Church
Drawing on newly ubiquitous online services, Pew has tried to catalogue the subject matter of contemporary sermons.
U.S. Journal
Two Georgia Churches Grapple With the Shootings in Atlanta
Members of a Korean Baptist congregation reflected on the persistence of racism. The church where the gunman belonged insisted that he alone was responsible.
Daily Comment
An Advent Lament in the Pandemic
COVID-19 has held a mirror to Christianity, just as the epidemics of the past did.
Daily Comment
Back to Church, but Not, Let’s Hope, Back to Normal
One way to think about this pause in our lives is as a rare—likely a once-in-a-lifetime—opportunity for a reset.
Daily Comment
Pope Francis and the Coronavirus Pandemic During the Easter Holy Week
Catholics have watched and listened to the Pope as the pandemic has put both him and the habits of their faith to a test—but also made the central themes of his pontificate especially apt.
On Religion
The Gospel in a Time of Social Distancing
Turning outward to one another as the coronavirus locks us down.
Daily Comment
“The Two Popes” Gives Way to Pope vs. Pope on the Issue of Celibacy in the Priesthood
The conflict between progressives and traditionalists has hardened around Popes Francis and Benedict and tipped toward an open dispute with the publication of a book that presents one Pope indirectly rebuking the other.
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