This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Sheila Murray-Nellis. Lamb Hooves click on linoleum; …
Rereading the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn With Catholic Eyes
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) is a novel that evokes feeling in readers by the mere mention of …
Catholic leaders thankful for Melissa Lucio’s stay of execution
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic leaders were thankful that death-row inmate Melissa Lucio was granted a last-minute stay of execution April …
Your Daily Bible Verses — John 3:16
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, …
A Thomistic Approach to Structural Racism
Earlier, I suggested how we can situate racism generally within a Thomistic account of evil, and sketched a Thomistic approach …
Courageous craftsmanship: Pope shows how to be an artisan of peace
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being against war and for peace requires more than urgent appeals and treaties, according to Pope …
Your Daily Bible Verses — Mark 16:15-16
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole …
The Soul in Trauma
In August of 2013, I began working with survivors and their families impacted by the Boston Marathon Bombing. Four months …
Pope calls for peace, end to ‘barbarity of war’ in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis renewed his call for an Easter truce in Ukraine, as many in the country …
My Conversion to Divine Mercy
When I first entered Mount St. Mary’s seminary in Maryland, I met some fellow seminarians with a devotion to the …