Jesus was not white. Here’s why we should stop pretending he was.
Jun 26, 2020 · Many have asked me in the last few days what I think about the (legitimate) critiques of the ubiquity of White Jesus representations, like the famous painting, “Head of Christ,” by Warner Sallman.
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10 things to know about the Virgin of Guadalupe
Dec 12, 2016 · Mexicans will tell you that 90 percent of them are Catholic but 100 percent are Guadalupan. While the proportion of Catholics in Mexico isn't accurate anymore, the Virgin of Guadalupe remains a ...
Why People Are Rejecting Religion—and How to Draw Them In
Apr 18, 2024 · A church of healing, of mercy and of encounter is a church where the beauty of God and human community can be realized. This community is a place where we experience the beauty of God’s merciful ...
Jubilee Year 2025: What you need to know | America Magazine
May 15, 2024 · This week on "Inside the Vatican," hosts Colleen and Gerry discuss Pope Francis’ proclamation of Jubilee Year 2025 and also review a global synod meeting of 200 parish priests held outside Rome ...
Review: ‘Bonhoeffer,’ Christian complicity and the fight against ...
Nov 22, 2024 · At the outset, when it is being purely biographical, “Bonhoeffer” is earnest, too solemn or too jolly, and transparent about its messaging—all mortal sins of cinema.
The history of a Christmas classic, ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’
Dec 10, 2021 · The Irish musicologist William H. Grattan Flood concluded that the words and music of the song “go back to the first quarter of the 18th century, and are to be attributed to a Catholic source ...
Batman, Bruce Wayne and the complexity of the superhero’s psyche
Aug 23, 2024 · In a groundbreaking decision, Pope Francis has appointed the Italian missionary nun, Simona Brambilla, M.C., as prefect of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Explainer: What’s the deal with Holy Days of Obligation?
Feb 9, 2024 · Joe Laramie, S.J. Joe Laramie, S.J., is the national director of the Pope’s Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer). He is the author of Love Him Ever More: a 9-Day Personal Retreat with the ...