As a Catholic of South Indian origin, I am amazed by the multiple religions thriving in the single country of India. I recall visiting the state of Kerala, and on a single street there might be a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church on...
What can the Hindu devotion to Shiva teach us about Lent?
Pondering the relationship of destruction to rejuvenation in the Hindu devotion to Shiva can help Catholics better understand aspects of our Lenten practice.
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Video games are unexpectedly full of moral decisions.
BY RILEY MACLEOD
Biased bots
The AI explosion amplifies existing biases in the church.
BY HEIDI SCHLUMPF
Our Lady of Revolutions
Mary challenges power and embodies resistance, says this theologian and writer.
AN INTERVIEW WITH KAT ARMAS
Look to the Luddites
As tech advances threaten labor justice, we might just need another Luddite movement.
BY LEVI CHECKETTS
Grounded in creation
Cultivate a spirituality rooted in wonder at creation’s abundance.
BY KATHY COFFEY
“American Catholics come from a pilgrim, immigrant church that has helped forge this great nation. We forget that to our ecclesial and national peril.”
Kevin Clarke
