The Gospels for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent can vary (though not this year). Because Lent is the immediate period of preparation of catechumens for Baptism at the Easter Vigil, the ...

In a recent article, Timothy Radcliffe, OP, recommends that Christians preach the kingdom of God by reaching out in friendship (“The Art of Friendship,” The Tablet, 4 Feb 2023). “Today relationships ...

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GPeople are looking for an oasis in the Catholic Church from which to slake the thirst left by busyness, indifference and consumerism, Pope Francis said on Sunday. The Pope’s March 12 Angelus message, ...

Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of ...