March 25, 2024

Rainy-Day Reads

Rainy-Day Reads

As the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers.” So, if you’re stuck inside on a drizzly day this spring, here are some books to lift your spirits while waiting for the sun to break through the clouds. 
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Illustration of Pope Francis

Does Pope Francis Believe in Hell?

During a recent interview, Pope Francis raised the possibility that no one is in hell. Really? If so, doesn’t that mean, “Anything goes”?  In his January 20 “Letter from Rome” for La Croix International’s e-newsletter, Robert Mickens wrote that the ...
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Follower of St. Francis: Sister Kathy Warren

Sister Kathy Warren, OSF

A Franciscan spirit and the changes of the Second Vatican Council would lead her on a remarkable journey. 
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Palestinian children react near the site of an Israeli airstrike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 24, 2024. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters)

US bishops ask faithful to pray during Holy Week for end to Israel-Hamas war

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Jesus on the cross

The Joy and Suffering of Love

The love of Jesus Christ that leads to his willing embrace of the crucified earthly destiny that appeared before him is both a model for how we are called to love and a revelation of God’s self-offering of control out ...
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woman kneading dow

Unseen Angels

Delivery specialists, sanitation workers, bakers, electricians, nurses, cooks, and carpenters: How often do we thank people we cannot always see but who keep our lives humming?
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