Culture

We are (Still) Abusing our Elderly

imagine the scene: a man in a chair, emaciated almost beyond recognition, his head listing at the end of a neck too weak to support it; his ...

Bruce Springsteen's Glory Days

‘‘i wouldn’t have believed it myself if i wasn’t standing here,” bruce springsteen said on november 8, 1996. the crowd cheered; they knew wh...

Nick Ripatrazone

What Anti-Masker Hypocrisy Teaches

from talking to them, you'd think they were undoubtedly anti-maskers, anti-social distancers, and anti-vaxxers. you'd bet good money they'd ...

Cantalamessa's Talking to You

the preacher of the papal household, cardinal cantalamessa, preaching the good friday homily this year.  (photo by andreas solaro/pool/...

JRS in Kenya joins Bishops' call to keep migrant camps open

jesuit refugee service kenya has added its voice to that of the nation’s bishops in calling on the kenyan government to keep the dadaab and ...

100 Catholic Writers & Artists 1921-2021

catholicism has always found expression in art – and art has derived much of its character from catholicism. a religion that has at its hear...

The Catholic Herald

Prince Philip at the Speed of War

prince philip in military uniform, 9 november 1947. (fox photos/hulton archive/getty images) the life and times of a thoroughly modern royal...

The Guardian Columnist Without Religion Knows What He's Missing

dogs roaming the street in cairo, 24 april  2020. (photo by mohamed el-shahed/afp via getty images) he felt an envy for religious peopl...

Something strange is happening

christ's descent into  limbo  by  andrea mantegna  and studio, c. 1470 from an ancient homily for holy saturday somethin...

The Catholic Herald

The Good Friday tradition of the ‘Last Words of Christ’

cna staff, apr 2, 2021 / 01:30 am mt ( cna ) .- the tradition of reflecting on the last words of christ from the cross is a good friday prac...