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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Though Pope Francis skipped over his prepared homily at today’s Palm Sunday Mass, he used the opening of Holy Week to condemn terrorism and war in Moscow, Ukraine and Gaza.
Politics & SocietyNews
Jack Jenkins - Religion News Service Aleja Hertzler-McCain - Religion News Service
Catholic Charities locations have become the target of far-right media personalities, conspiracy theorists and even members of Congress.
Arts & CultureMusic
Michael O’Brien
Celebrating the lives and songs of Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan, a wealth of artists performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 20 to give new life to the departed artists’ ballads.
FaithFaith in Focus
Stephanie BerriosClaire Gaudiani
The sacrament of confirmation is the pathway to an adult faith life for young people. As their teachers, it is our job to help today’s confirmation class students meet and love Jesus and live his Gospel. But our job today poses unique challenges.
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Derek Brown, an award-winning bartender turned expert on no- and low-alcohol cocktails and mindful drinking.
Sydney Sweeney in ‘Immaculate’ (Neon)
Arts & CultureFilm
Jake Martin
“Immaculate” is a cut above its cinematic cohorts, due in no small part to its decidedly feminist take.
Arts & CultureBooks
Benjamin Ivry
A newly available compilation of Rahner’s writings on the arts, edited and translated from the original German by Gesa Thiessen, traces Rahner’s thinking about the phenomenon of inspired enthusiasm.
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
An idealist—like Jesus or Jefferson Smith—can be dangerous because he refuses to accept the compromises that form the foundation of their power.
FaithFaith in Focus
Our readers
At the beginning of Lent, America asked a 5th-grade teacher to share what her students would be doing, or giving up, for Lent. Their responses reveal the joys and struggles of the Lenten season.
FaithNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
Ukrainians had already experienced a “crisis of faith in the pope’s primacy,” Major Archbishop Shevchuk said, and that the pope’s latest statements were “deeply hurtful.”
FaithNews
Lauretta Brown - OSV News
A recent study found that the number of abortions in 2023 has increased to the highest number and rate in the United States in over a decade.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
President Bukele has used his emergency powers to detain more than 78,000 suspected gang members in security sweeps that human rights groups charge are often arbitrary and violent.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has dismissed the former bishop of Bruges, Belgium, from the clerical state 14 years after Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation following his admission that he sexually abused his nephew.
Two students with Down syndrome pictured in Catholic school uniforms
FaithShort Take
J.D. Flynn
Our parish school has decided that welcoming children with significant disabilities is an important part of its Catholic identity and a big part of forming all children to be disciples of Jesus Christ.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
The Vatican announced the creation of 10 study groups to focus on themes that arose at last October’s Synod on Synodality, an announcement that prompted mixed reactions: Are the groups “kicking the can down the road” or opening a “new horizon”?
Arts & CultureIdeas
Michael O’BrienJames T. Keane
March Madness is upon us, and (as usual) there are a lot of Catholic schools in the mix. Can any of them prevail?
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for Palm Sunday, by Father Terrance Klein
Francis has offered an example to follow in his public rapprochement with Javier Milei, the Argentine president who has repeatedly and caustically criticized the pope. They met at the Vatican on Feb. 12, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Do the divisions of politics occupy our focus more than the unity of Christ’s kingdom? This would be a great tragedy for all those who hear and make their own Christ’s desire that all be one.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
In his cycle of catechesis on virtues, Pope Francis focused his general audience on prudence, stating that “In a world dominated by appearances, by superficial thoughts, by the triviality of both good and bad, the ancient lesson of prudence deserves to be revived.”
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of the Holy See press office said.