via the NY Times: She arrived on a ship called the SS America, an 11-year-old refugee fleeing tyranny for freedom. Nearly three-quarters of a century later, her adopted country bade farewell on Wednesday to Madeleine Korbel Albright, who in the course of a storybook life became a relentless evangelist for American ideals at home and… Read More The Life of Madeleine Albright
Tish Harrison Warren writes: Whatever else Christianity is, it is an assertion of historic fact. The New Testament invites us to examine the evidence. Its claim of a bodily resurrection was as strange and impossible — as Updike says, “monstrous” — when it was first made 2,000 years ago as it is now. It would… Read More Easter Reflections in the NY Times
Fr. James Martin is a Jesuit priest and editor at large at America. A prominent figure on social media, Fr. Martin can frequently be found on various platforms defending the life and dignity of all people, particularly the marginalized and vulnerable. He is the author of many popular books, including his latest, Learning to Pray,… Read More Fr. James Martin on the Need to Protect Refugee and LGBT Lives
via CNS: The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church asked Pope Francis to scrap plans to have a Ukrainian woman and a Russian woman carry the cross together during the pope’s Way of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum April 15. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, said April 12, “I… Read More Ukrainian Catholic Leaders Ask Pope To Reconsider ‘Ambiguous,’ ‘Even Offensive’ Plans
via Max Bearak and Louisa Loveluck: BUCHA, Ukraine — The name of this city is already synonymous with the month-long carnage that Russian soldiers perpetrated here. But the scale of the killings and the depravity with which they were committed are only just becoming apparent as police, local officials and regular citizens start the grim… Read More Russia’s Crimes Against Humanity on Full Display in Bucha
Isabella Volmert, Kelly Sankowski and Renée Roden write: FemCatholic reached out to the 176 dioceses across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., to confirm their family leave policies. Through telephone interviews with current and former diocesan employees, FemCatholic ascertained that 31 dioceses offer fully paid maternity leave policies, 32 provide some percentage of employee salaries… Read More Research Shows Weak Family Leave Policies in Most Catholic Dioceses Across the US
Highlights from US President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw, Poland: “Be not afraid.” These were the first words that the first public address of the first Polish pope after his election in October of 1978, they were the words who would come to define Pope John Paul II. Words that would change the world. John… Read More Biden Defends Democracy, Quotes JP2 in Big Warsaw Speech
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