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The four things keeping millennials from finding God | Connor Malloy | "We need some radical surgery," says Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, "we don’t need Band-Aids. We’ve got to change our viewpoint."

The Jesuit, the Monk, and the Malaise of the West | Dr. Samuel Gregg | The persistence of Joachimism over so many centuries suggests that, for all its vaunted secularism, the West remains profoundly religious in character.

New study: Increasing number of Americans consider Christianity "to be extremist" | Carl E. Olson | "The perception that the Christian faith is extreme," says Barna Group, "is now firmly entrenched among the nation’s non-Christians."

Contraception, Congo Nuns, Choosing the Lesser Evil, and Conflict of Commandments | Janet E. Smith | The Church has never taught that if the harms are serious enough, it is permissible to use contraception.

The Scalia Funeral: A Reminder of What Life is Really About | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | The funeral Mass for Justice Scalia presented a true glory each of us needs to behold.

Silence in the Liturgy | Cardinal Robert Sarah | It is important to recall that silence is a necessary condition for deep, contemplative prayer, and an important component of the liturgy.

Three Reasons I Enjoyed Risen | Nick Olszyk | Director Kevin Reynolds understands that evidence does not automatically equal faith and gives Clavius (and the audience) time to ponder what the mysterious events involving Jesus of Nazareth really mean.

Between Cuba and Crete: A Storm Ahead for the Russian Orthodox? | Fr. Cyril Hovorun | The politics behind the meeting of Kirill and Francis in Havana will only intensify as this summer’s Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete draws near.

Novels For Lent | John Herreid | Some Catholics refrain from reading novels during the forty days of Lent. It’s a discipline that I’m happy to say I have never engaged in.

Catholic ethics and the global War on Terror | Daniel Kempton | President Obama promised to conduct a more ethical War on Terror. He hasn’t succeeded.

Harper Lee: A Tribute | Thomas M. Doran | The author was a person of character, integrity, and vision who produced a sublimely beautiful and terrifying novel from which everyone can learn something.

Pope Francis’ Mexico Trip Ends on a Controversial Note | Matthew Cullinan Hoffman | After discussing drugs, corruption, and immigration in Mexico, the Holy Father’s in-flight press conference on his way back to Rome touched on even more hot-button issues.

Abp. Sample on the liturgy, vocations, and Synod disappointments | Jim Graves | A wide-ranging interview with the archbishop of Portland, Oregon, on his 10th anniversary as a bishop.

Pope Francis calls Havana Joint Declaration debatable, understands Ukrainians might feel betrayed | Fr. Andriy Chirovsky | While the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate spins the meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the Pope expresses support for His Beatitude Sviatoslav.

Pope Francis invokes themes of liberation theology during Mexican visit | Matthew Cullinan Hoffman | The pontiff denounces “triumphalism” and “fundamentalism” in religious practice, and emphasizes the importance of a personal familiarity with Christ on the part of bishops.

Songs In the Key of Eternal Life | Carl E. Olson | Singer, pianist, and songwriter Audrey Assad reflects on the making and music of her new album, "Inheritance".

Addicted to Escape: A Review of Tim Power's Medusa's Web | John Herreid | Powers' new novel is a heady mix of Hollywood ghost story and an inventive revisionist take on familiar myths.

Russian Orthodox Projections and Catholic Corrections | Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille | In the aftermath of the Havana meeting, one can spot at least three examples of Russian projection.

St. Giuseppe Moscati and the Vocation of the Laity | K. V. Turley | The life of the Italian doctor and saint was a fusion of the secular and the spiritual.

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