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2 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Shannon Evans
Have you ever experienced suffering that left you asking, Why me? Perhaps it came in the form of a heartbreaking loss, a health crisis, a betrayal, or the weight of failure. Maybe you’re in the middle of it right now, carrying a burden that feels impossible to bear. If you’ve ever faced such moments, you’re not alone. Suffering touches every one of us in different ways. Suffering is an inseparable part of the human experience.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | Christopher White |Shannon Evans |John Grosso |Dan Stockman
Pope Leo XIV implored clergy in church authority to "make oneself small" in order to glorify Christ, echoing a theme of his predecessor Pope Francis in his first public Mass on May 9.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | Christopher White |Shannon Evans |John Grosso |Dan Stockman
Pope Leo XIV implored clergy in church authority to "make oneself small" in order to glorify Christ, echoing a theme of his predecessor Pope Francis in his first public Mass on May 9.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | Kat Armas |Shannon Evans |John Grosso
The new pope is a reader of the National Catholic Reporter. Pope Leo XIV, when he was Cardinal Robert Prevost, twice shared NCR articles on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account: Once in 2016, and again, recently, on Feb. 3, 2025. The latter was a commentary from columnist Kat Armas criticizing Vice President JD Vance's widely panned and incorrect interpretation of the Catholic teaching ordo amoris.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | Shannon Evans |Heidi Schlumpf |Daniel P. Horan |David Dault
A handwritten sign with prayers for Pope Francis’ recovery is seen among candles and flowers at the base of a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital Feb. 27, 2025. The pope has been hospitalized there since Feb. 14.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
franciscanmedia.org | Shannon Evans
Like most other parents who love their children fiercely, I balk at the idea of introducing tragic concepts to the hearts and minds of all my kids. But when I look at one Black and four White faces, I know in the depths of my being that God created each and every one of them to make the world a more equitable, kind, and just place for all people. How can they fulfill this calling if I don’t equip them with the facts, language, reasoning, and empathy necessary to do so?
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
franciscanmedia.org | Shannon Evans
When you hug a friend, make eye contact with a stranger, put a child on your lap, or caress a lover, you are opening yourself to allow God to communicate to another person through your body. We don’t usually think of it that way, but if God is love, then that’s exactly what is taking place. When your body communicates love to the world, it is acting as a vessel of God’s Spirit. Your body was given to you for your own pleasure, but it was also created for the good of others.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
franciscanmedia.org | Shannon Evans
God’s love for us cannot be separated from God’s love for creation. Let us honor the Divine breath that connects all living things through our actions as well as our words as we pray. Creator of all,You have given methe gift of this earthand all too oftenI fail to treat it with care. Light my way todayas I seek to live out my beliefthat you are here speaking to methrough all forms of life. Guide me to see the changesI need to maketo better honor this homeyou have created. Amen.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Shannon Evans
Five out of the six featured in this book were avowed religious, and despite my earliest prejudices, their vocation was not because they were docile but precisely because they weren't.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Shannon Evans
Illustrations of the six Catholic female mystics in history from The Mystics Would Like a Word, written by Shannon K. Evans, NCR culture and spirituality editor. The illustrations are clockwise, from upper left, St. Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, St. Hildegard of Bingen, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Avila and St. Catherine of Siena. (Illustrations by Dani/andhersaints) Editor's note: This article has been adapted from The Mystics Would Like a Word (Convergent Books, 2024).
