In gratitude for Pope Francis' life and leadership, let us recommit to become who we are meant to be and embrace the new life that is ours this spring.
Latin Americans observed that Pope Francis, the first pope from the new world, brought to the Vatican a new way of talking about God, lifting up causes and convictions that they shared.
On a return to Ephesus 35 years after a life-shaking tragedy, Editor Emerita Gail DeGeorge revisits vows she made to herself, and ponders the promise of eternal life.
A hidden chapter of Christ's Passion has come to light through the mystical revelations of Servant of God Sr. Leonia Nastal, a Polish nun whose spiritual diary offers harrowing details of Jesus' imprisonment before the crucifixion.
Theologian and ethicist Margaret Farley begins not by talking, but by listening, by offering her merciful attention and accompaniment as another human being begins to articulate their own experiences and troubles.
"We feel part of this living Church with its own face, a Church that breathes our Indigenous identity and spirituality," writes Sr. Delia Maria Albatabango of the Ayllu Guadalupac Misioneracuna in Ecuador.
Today, evil seems so present that the faithful cry out with Jesus, "My God, why have you abandoned us?" In his account of Jesus' passion, Luke invites us to enter into the scene to learn what Jesus teaches his disciples.
