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A pastor in full
It’s Father Newman I’ve called on hundreds of occasions to share a joke, commiserate over some ecclesiastical folly or another, or just blow off steam; […]
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Soccer as a theological question: On the Pope’s return from Myanmar and Bangladesh
What struck me about this particular interview, given this past Saturday, was the lack of any mention of the need of sacraments, of transcendent concerns, […]
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Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Bangladesh
In a 58-minute conversation with journalists on his return flight from Bangladesh to Rome on Saturday, Pope Francis discussed the Rohingya people of Burma, evangelization, […]
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Corpus Christi in Rome: Sights and sounds to lift the heart
Rome sizzles in summer heat. The sun glares down remorselessly on shoppers thronging the streets around St. Maria del Populo, where the priest has just finished celebrating the last morning Mass. I had wanted to enjoy […]
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In search of a father
In that haunting exchange in John’s Gospel, Philip poses what seems a simple request: “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.” To this Jesus responds plaintively: “Have I been with you so long, […]
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A Lent to remember
The best Lent of my life involved getting up every day at 5:30 a.m., hiking for miles through ankle-twisting, cobblestoned city streets, dodging drivers for whom traffic laws were traffic suggestions, avoiding the chaos of […]