With 23 rites in communion with the Roman Catholic Church, we must acknowledge the diversity and variance in how we worship God, even as one universal church.
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Solidarity Across Borders: Can You Help A Community In Need?
The socioeconomic and political crisis has caused millions of Venezuelans to flee their homeland. Now those migrants are suffering even more acutely amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hear about how the Jesuits in Colombia are responding to this crisis, and learn about how you can get involved.
Contemplation in Quarantine
This is a time where people should develop an attitude of contemplation. How can we take a “long, loving, look at the real,” during the COVID-19 pandemic?
11 Highlights from Pope Francis’s Querida Amazonia
Pope Francis reflects on the Amazon Synod and dreams of an Amazon region that shows forth reconciliation among God, people, and the environment.
A Young Jesuit Reflects on 50 Years of Social Justice
Matt Ippel, SJ celebrates the Jesuit commitment to “the service of faith and the promotion of justice”, remembers those who have died for it, and is inspired to keep fighting for it.
“We are killing one another”: The crisis in Peru
Nino reports on the devastating tragedies currently tearing through Peruvian society. Reflecting on Antigone, he proposes a better way of living with one another.
The U.S. Catholic Church Needs Migrants, and Not Just to Fill Pews
With rising numbers of migrants reaching our southern border, we need to be reminded of the mutually beneficial relationship between the Church and migrants in our transnational world. Migrants need the Church and the Church needs migrants.
The stones would cry out: Andrea Bocelli’s Easter Concert
The setting of Milan’s Duomo triggers reflections on space, time, and inexorable need for communion.
What Can the Bishops Take From the Border Mass?
A Model of Prophetic Hope on the Rio Grande for the Catholic Bishops
United We Stand: Rapinoe, the White House, and World Cup Glory
The USWNT are hoping to win another World Cup this Sunday. But star forward and co-captain Megan Rapinoe has filled headlines with her back-and-forth exchanges with President Donald Trump. Can the country pull together around U.S. soccer’s biggest stars?