“Ashes” may prove to be a satisfying read whose complexities remain interesting long after the rather too abrupt conclusion has been reached.
Is ‘Ashes’ the literary novel some Catholics have been waiting for?
Advent themes in Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem ‘God’s Grandeur’
“As our souls look toward Christmas at the end of this Fourth Week of Advent, we prepare for [the] Incarnation, the inbreaking of the light of God into the darkness of our world.”
Noted biblical scholar Jesuit Father Fitzmyer dies at age 96
An expert in the Aramaic language spoken by Christ and by many first-century Jews and Christians, the priest was noted for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gospel of Luke.
For book on Pope Francis, author retraces pope’s life in Argentina, Rome
When Pope Francis first stepped onto the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Rome, Mark Shriver like millions of other people around the world was captivated by this man who humbly bowed his head after asking the people there to pray for him.
Father Berrigan hailed as visionary who was ruled by faith at funeral Mass
Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, whose protests against government policies earned him multiple jail and prison sentences, was remembered as a “fierce, mischievous visionary,” a “Beatnik Jesuit […]