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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 17h

In Springfield, Ohio, Haitian refugees in the parish of St. Raphael's turn to God for strength, in the face of anti-immigrant prejudice.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/haitian-parish-in-springfield-ohio-maintains-faith-amid-crisis/

Haitian parish in Springfield, Ohio maintains faith amid crisis

In Springfield, Ohio, Haitian refugees in the parish of St. Raphael's look to God for strength, in the face of anti-immigrant prejudice.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 1d

In her new book, "Pioneers of Latino Ministry," historian Deborah Kanter reveals how Claretians supported Mexican and Puerto Rican Catholics’ desire to nurture the culture of home.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/how-the-claretians-helped-latino-immigrants-build-community/

How the Claretians helped Latino immigrants build community

Historian Deborah Kanter's new book "Pioneers of Latino Ministry" tells the story of Claretians' work in immigrant parishes.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Matteo Ricci’s spirituality was deeply influenced by the humanist current sweeping Europe. The Renaissance opened the eyes of medieval Europe to a new conception of the human being and God.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202010/matteo-riccis-openness-to-new-cultures-is-a-lesson-for-catholics-today/

Catholics can learn from Matteo Ricci’s openness to new cultures

This Italian Jesuit missionary opened the door for Christianity abroad.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 5d

A new essay in U.S. Catholic's web column "In Their Own Words" unpacks St. Francis' understanding of poverty—not as a celebration of abject deprivation, but as a summons to humility and love, and care for those in need.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/what-did-st-francis-say-about-poverty/

What did St. Francis say about poverty?

St. Francis' call to spiritual poverty was not a celebration of abject deprivation, but a summons to humility and love.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 6d

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “the Church teaches, in light of the gospel, that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and the dignity of the person.’”
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202104/what-does-the-church-teach-about-the-death-penalty/

What does the church teach about the death penalty?

The Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty developed in recent centuries. Today the church opposes the death penalty in all cases.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 6d

Rev. Myra Brown spoke with U.S. Catholic about how the Rochester community stood up to ICE, why her faith compelled her to be there, and how other communities can follow their lead.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202510/rochester-new-york-faith-groups-stand-in-support-of-immigrants/

Rochester, New York faith groups stand in support of immigrants

Reverend Myra Brown, the pastor of Spiritus Christi Church, shares how her faith inspired her to protect immigrants and resist ICE.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 8d

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U.S. Catholic Book Club reviews - U.S. Catholic

September 2025 Prisms, Veils: A Book of Fables By David Bentley Hart Though perhaps best-known as a theologian and philosopher, with Prisms, Veils, David Bentley Hart shows that his characteristically...

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 8d

"The stories contained in this thin volume are rarely explicitly
philosophical or religious, but their dreamlike, meditative quality
consistently evokes the divine supernatural in all things."

U.S. Catholic's Book Club pick for September 2025, from @undpress.bsky.social

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 8d

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as the Little Flower, was born in Alençon, France in 1873. She is one of the Catholic Church’s most beloved saints and claims Dorothy Day, Edith Piaf, and numerous popes among her devotees.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/201408/flower-child-st-therese-of-lisieux/

Flower child: St. Therese of Lisieux

Like many young people today, Thérèse of Lisieux struggled with the question of how to make an impact on her world.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 8d

What do you look for in a Jesus movie?

Do you prefer faithful retellings or fresh perspectives?

Are there too many Jesus movies?

Take our poll!
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202509/are-there-too-many-jesus-movies/

Are there too many Jesus movies?

Are feel-good, comfort food depictions of Jesus doing more harm than good? Take our survey.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 8d

Loving neighbors whose views we find abhorrent doesn't have to mean befriending them, but rather, respecting their fundamental dignity.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202509/love-your-neighbor-even-if-you-dont-love-their-politics/

Love your neighbor—even if you don’t love their politics

Loving neighbors whose views we find abhorrent doesn't have to mean befriending them, but rather, respecting their fundamental dignity.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 12d

By praying with the life of the early church, these mysteries of the rosary have enriched my appreciation for synodality and my desire to participate in the church’s communion and mission. I invite you to try a set of five, especially if you are wrestling to understand synodality.

Expand your rosary with the “synodal mysteries”

These mysteries of the rosary can enriched your appreciation for synodality and motivate you to participate in the church’s mission.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 12d

The “wise old sage” archetype may seem respectful, but it can become a comfortable way to categorize, revere, and, contradictorily, dismiss or even dehumanize our elders: grandparents, movement elders, and religious leaders alike.

Communities flourish when everyone—young or old—gets a voice

Housing cooperatives provide an inspiring example of mutual, sustainable intergenerational community.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 13d

How can we possibly live up to the things we profess in every creed and affirm with each sacrament? How can we be disciples of a Lord who asks for what we, in the land of abundance, are resolved not to hand over?
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202509/jesus-parables-are-radical-we-should-be-too/

Jesus’ parables are radical. We should be, too.

Did Jesus really mean those radical things he said in his parables? Maybe we need to start taking them more seriously.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 14d

Catholics are expected to recognize the dignity of migrants and incarcerated persons. In Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI wrote that “every migrant is a human person who, as such, possesses fundamental, inalienable rights that must be respected by everyone and in every circumstance.”

Let there be no more Alcatrazes

Maximum-security internment camps for immigrants, like the short-lived "Alligator Alcatraz," are sites of moral harm.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 14d

Perhaps the essential dilemma for any Jesus movie is the challenge of depicting Jesus as both divinely authoritative and humanly approachable—as someone you can imagine both leaving your nets to follow and also actually hanging out with and enjoying his company.

Are there too many Jesus movies?

Are feel-good, comfort food depictions of Jesus doing more harm than good? Take our survey.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 16d

Pope Leo XIV offers Catholic social teaching as a moral rampart before “another industrial revolution” that will “pose challenges to human dignity, justice and labor.”

Pope Leo is taking a stand against the coming AI revolution

Pope Leo XIV offers Catholic social teaching as a moral rampart in the face of a new industrial revolution's threats to human dignity.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 16d

When religious leaders weaponize the stories of biblical women and misrepresent them as paragons of docility and meekness, this is just another chapter in the long saga of denying women’s agency. Yet that saga is not part of God’s plan.

Real biblical womanhood: the defiant women of Hebrew scripture - U.S. Catholic

Women today can look to the defiant Old Testament women as inspirations for holy resistance in the face of oppression.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 16d

Anderson’s quirky espionage comedy features an equally quirky perspective on religion.

In ‘The Phoenician Scheme,’ Wes Anderson encounters God

Anderson’s quirky espionage comedy features an equally quirky perspective on faith, religion, and the search for God.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 20d

One hallmark of Jesus’ ministry was his willingness to let people in crisis interrupt him. Because he saw with eyes of compassion, the interrupting person was not a barrier to the work; they were the work.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202509/like-mother-teresa-let-compassion-compel-you-to-act/

Like Mother Teresa, let compassion compel you to act

Mother Teresa saw people and their needs not as impediments to her work, but as the most important work of all.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 20d

When an individual who is eligible to be vaccinated refuses to do so, this increases the likelihood of a disease outbreak. Such outbreaks are particularly dangerous for people who are already vulnerable.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202509/is-there-a-moral-obligation-to-vaccinate-your-children/

On the issue of vaccination, let Catholic teaching guide you

Misinformation around vaccines obscures the reality that Catholic teachings support vaccination as a way to protect the vulnerable.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 20d

For the 230 Catholic colleges in the United States, debates over DEI have additional theological significance. And as DEI initiatives come under fire, Catholic responses mirror broader cultural divisions.
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202508/competing-views-on-dei-are-shaping-catholic-higher-ed/

Competing views on DEI are shaping Catholic higher ed

DEI at Catholic schools has been a matter of debate for some time. As DEI initiatives come under fire, the debate heats up.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 23d

On her feast day, September 15, Our Lady of Sorrows invites us to embrace the power of empathy—especially at this time when our public discourse is increasingly cruel and the bonds that connect us are fraying.
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Our Lady of Sorrows calls us to wield the power of empathy

As our culture becomes increasingly cruel, perhaps a renewed devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows can help us tap into the power of empathy.

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Carmen Nanko-Fernández @cnankofernandez.bsky.social · 25d

So it seems I appeared in US Catholic a month ago. Gracias for the shout out @uscatholic.bsky.social and Cassidy Klein. uscatholic.org/articles/202...

The ballpark is a great place for theology

Baseball and theology find a profound intersection in the work of Carmen Nanko-Fernández.

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U.S. Catholic magazine @uscatholic.bsky.social · 26d

Superman is for all of us who desire hope, and especially for those of us who have traveled to new places and spaces in search of that hope.
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Superman, the immigrant hero we need today

The latest Superman film reminds us that the Man of Steel cannot be limited to one country or idea. His heroism is for everyone.

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