Michael Centore

Michael Centore is the editor of Today’s American Catholic. His essays and articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, U.S. Catholic, Religious Socialism, and other print- and web-based publications.

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Kim Harris leads attendees in song during her keynote address at the 13th Annual Assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests June 26 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Paul Leingang)

Jul 02, 2024

US priests' assembly emphasizes relational dimension of the Eucharist

"It's not about bringing Jesus to the altar so that we can worship him" but rather "being empowered by the Spirit to continue the mission of Jesus," as one speaker told the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests.

May 11, 2024

Icon Museum and Study Center fosters spiritual and aesthetic contemplation

The Icon Museum and Study Center is a U.S. museum devoted to icons and Eastern Christian art. Walking through the galleries spread over three levels was as much a prayerful experience as an aesthetic one.

This eighth-century Nubian wall painting depicts the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus, modeled on the icon of the Virgin Hodegetria ("She Who Shows the Way"). It is part of the "Africa and Byzantium" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 3 and at the Cleveland Museum of Art April 14-July 21. (Michael Centore)

Mar 02, 2024

'Africa & Byzantium' show traces sacred histories of Christian antiquity

Viewing "Africa & Byzantium" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Centore was "aware of the human dimensions" of the objects and people used them, he writes.

The Golden Rule docked at City Pier in New London, Connecticut, prior to a sail on June 9. (Michael Centore)

Jun 28, 2023

Golden Rule boat sets sail for 'a nuclear-free world'

Called the world's first modern protest ship, the Golden Rule is now undertaking a 13-month, 11,000-mile journey on waterways around the eastern half of the U.S. to draw attention to the dangers of nuclear weapons.