Why is it that when we lift our eyes to the sky, searching for answers, we are often directed back to Earth? In his first article, Beto recounts the surprise of seeking God above, but finding God in the least around him.
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500 Years Since a Cannonball Changed the World
Have you ever wondered how different your life might have been if certain things had been just slightly different? Sometimes it seems as though all the facts of my life happened with a certain inevitability – I was always going to be raised in this town, support this...
The Value of Human Life: An African Jesuit Reflects on the Black Lives Matter Movement
What is the value of human life? While there seems to be an agreement that such a question is worth asking, there is much debate on what ought to be its appropriate response. The incongruity in the responses to this age-old question has led to the heart-rending...
An Overview of “Querida Amazonia”
A summary of Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation on the “Amazon Synod” or the Synod for Bishops of the Pan-Amazonian Region.
Pope Francis Says It’s Time for a More Amazonian Church, but That Doesn’t Mean Married Priests or Women Deacons
The Holy Father discerned that the Holy Spirit was not calling him to weigh in on the two controversial proposals.
Cardinal Newman’s Three Reminders
A newly canonized saint speaks to us. Will we be able to hear?
TJP Reads: Book Recommendations of 2018 and 2019
Books are on the rise – here’s what we’re reading.
FOCUS Student Summit Shows a Hope-filled Future for the Church
The recent FOCUS Student Leadership Summit was an experience of the rich diversity in the Catholic Church and affirmed the call to evangelize.
What Notre Dame Will Our Generation Build?
Notre Dame was a witness to the beauty of faith
How Do You Feed a Million Children?
Mary’s Meals feeds one hungry child at a time.