Pope Francis will canonize Junipero Serra on September 23 in Washington, DC. The 18th-century Spanish Franciscan missionary was either a missionary who cared for the natives who converted or a conquerer who forced people to abandon their beliefs and way of life.
Vice-President Joe Biden talked about faith, politics, and living through tragedy with Stephen Colbert in a refreshing switch in how religion and faith is handled in the public square.
This week’s film is the taut psychological thriller Phoenix.
Sari Rice says that the millennials who stay will change the church in fundamental ways, mainly because they don’t behave like members of the other generations.
One of the most beautiful things that happened in the days and months after these terrible events was the unity that was expressed by people of all faiths in response to events so imbued with suffering and evil.