by Steve Harmon | May 16, 2025 | Opinion
Although its origins are likely more Western and recent, “May you live in interesting times!” is often quoted as an ancient Chinese saying. It can function either as a blessing or a curse. Regardless of the saying’s origins, Pope Leo XIV has indeed ascended to the...
by Steve Harmon | May 14, 2025 | Opinion
I’m writing this dispatch from the Rome airport while waiting for my flight home to North Carolina. I’m filled with gratitude for everything I’ve experienced over the past several days, and I’m hopeful about what these events might mean for the Catholic Church and the...
by Steve Harmon | May 13, 2025 | Opinion
Yesterday, journalists were granted an audience with the new pope. I attended with fellow Good Faith Media writer Grace Ji-Sun Kim. Together, we recorded some of our impressions of the pontiff from our respective Presbyterian and Baptist perspectives for possible...
by Jamie Marich | May 13, 2025 | Opinion
“We have a Pope!” my mother, a lifelong and devoted Catholic, texted me at 12:13 p.m. ET on Thursday. I was in the middle of teaching a course when I caught a glimpse of her text. My heart skipped with excitement. The formal announcement of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | May 12, 2025 | Opinion
I was invited to speak at “Creation Day & the Nicaea Centenary: Crystallizing the Ecumenical Dream of the New Liturgical Feast” in Assisi, held May 5–7. The ecumenical conference aimed to advance a Season of Creation within the broader Christian body, so we might...
