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Catholic acts of mercy during the AIDS crisis
Michael O’Loughlin paints a vivid portrait of the complex, compassionate, and sometimes daring ways individual Catholics responded.
Super tree powers (Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1)
Trees symbolize a holy channel that faithfully stewards the power of God into the world.
The Dominican friars whose library is transforming Islamic studies
How a rare books collection in Cairo expanded into a center for scholarship and interfaith conversation
Joseph de Maistre’s magnum opus is still perplexing after 200 years
Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg has often been dismissed as propaganda. It isn’t.
The Chair and the collapse of the humanities
Who, exactly, should preside over meaning-making?
Station Eleven and the purpose of art
With the world as they knew it gone, the characters remake the world from the resources they carry inside them.
March 6, Lent 1C (Luke 4:1-13)
The wilderness can be a frightening landscape that whispers from the shadows, “You’re all alone.”
Why should we care about what’s happening to the Uyghurs?
Chamath Palihapitiya’s question is worth taking seriously.
March 2, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Some years the message of Ash Wednesday feels more tender than others.
The disciples’ job interview (Luke 5:1-11)
Let’s see how they measure up to Indeed.com’s suggestions.