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FaithFaith and Reason
Eryn Reyes Leong
With the creation of A.I., anthropomorphized chatbots are one critical example of how the rapidly advancing technology is testing the limits of the human condition.
FaithPodcasts
Preach
Though Jesus preached in parables that still captivate us, not every story told in a homily has a similarly lasting impact. The Rev. Christopher Clohessy shares how preachers can craft stories that linger long after Mass is over.
A child kicks a football in front of a mural of Nelson Mandela, in Soweto, South Africa, as the country celebrates Freedom Day on April 27. (AP Photo)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Polls abound, and the political ground keeps shifting, but one thing is sure: South Africa is likely to experience a significant political realignment on May 29.
An artistic rendering of Dante Alighieri from ‘Dante: Inferno’ to Paradise (courtesy of PBS) 
Arts & CultureTelevision
Robert P. Imbelli
Ric Burns’s splendid two-part PBS documentary, “Dante: Inferno to Paradise,” has brought Dante’s achievement beyond the groves of academe and into America’s living rooms.
Arts & CultureMusic
Kim R. Harris
With “Cowboy Carter,” her eighth studio album, Beyoncé not only explores the longed-for and carelessly and/or intentionally erased Black past in country music, but also moves the genre forward into a hopefully more expansive future.
An image from the film Petite Maman of two sisters sitting next to each other in winter jackets
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
“Petite Maman” is a magical-realist story about children and parents, the things we can’t say and learning to understand each other.
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
“You do not have to believe in Marian apparitions to be a good Catholic,” Father James Martin writes. “But I do. I’ve never had a problem believing in them.”
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish its new norms for the discernment of apparitions and other supernatural phenomena May 17, the Vatican press office said.
Arts & CulturePodcasts
Jesuitical
On Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley speak with Andrea Von Kampen about her new album “Sister Moon,” which draws on the spiritual and ecological wisdom of St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si’.”
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
“Human life is not a problem, it is a gift,” said Pope Francis at a meeting on Italy's longtime decline in births and population growth on May 10. “The problem is not how many of us there are in the world, but what kind of world we are building.”
FaithNews
Catholic News HeraldOSV News
A federal appeals court May 8 ruled in favor of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, protecting religious schools' freedom to hire schoolteachers who will uphold their religious beliefs.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis today promulgated the decree, known as a “Bull of Indiction,” for the Jubilee Year 2025, which he will open in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24, 2024, and close on Jan. 6, 2026.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
The Gaza campus protests reveal the nature—and danger—of righteous anger.
An artist displays an image of former president Donald Trump and an image of the face of Christ at the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual Ronald Reagan Dinner on Feb. 23, 2024. (OSV News photo/screen grab CPAC)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
While it is important to emphasize the transcendent source of human rights, it would be short-sighted for Christians to avoid reflecting on what may be leading some to conflate Christianity and Christian nationalism.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
“There’s also a lot of manipulation. And not every expression of support for the Palestinian people can be then condemned as antisemitism,” says David Neuhaus, S.J., “This is a very dangerous game.” 
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, by Father Terrance Klein
Arts & CultureIdeas
Christine Lenahan
This year’s Met Gala (mostly) failed to push fashion boundaries—or imagine a more environmentally conscious future.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Colleen Dulle
Around 200 parish priests met outside Rome last week for an official synod meeting after some members of the 2023 synod assembly said not enough parish priests had been included.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
Pope Francis delivered his general audience today about the theological virtue of hope. Francis said that if Christians have hope for the future, it is because “Christ died and rose again and gave us His Spirit.”
FaithThe Word
May 12, 2024, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: This is a sacred image of church: All people understand each other through the Spirit, even if only for a brief moment.