Pope at Audience: Advent teaches us how to wait in active hope
At the Jubilee Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the importance of active waiting during the Advent Season, as we learn to hope and help bring the Kingdom of God closer through our good actions. By Devin Watkins Pope Leo XIV held a special Jubilee Audience on Saturday, as the Church journeys in the Advent […]
Can We Consume Character? How to Learn Justice by Feasting

In the Old Testament, Israel found herself surrounded by monarchies and empires with powerful rulers and highly stratified societies, and she eventually sought to emulate that kind of system. Such political economies were filled with bureaucrats, professional soldiers, priestly classes, and—down at the bottom of the social pyramid—peasants. The peasants, of course, were expected to […]