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FaithInterviews
Jim McDermott
“My hope for L.G.B.T. Catholics is that they all feel welcome and comfortable in any parish in the world,” Sister Gramick says. “That they might feel just as much a part of the church as anyone else.”
FaithNews
Jim McDermott
In a handwritten letter, Pope Francis congratulated Sister Gramick on “50 years of closeness, of compassion and of tenderness” in a ministry that he described as being in “the style of God.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Gloria Purvis
Why do some members of our church, clergy and laity alike, perceive racial justice movements as more of a threat to the republic than the movement that led to the assault on Congress?
Arts & CultureIdeas
Jim McDermott
We don’t expect to see a Muppet so completely lose it. But today of all days, Elmo reminds us that it is totally appropriate to call out what is only pretend and say, “No, that’s not right.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
There is considerable anticipation that this year’s march could be the last one with the Roe v. Wade decision hanging in the balance before the Supreme Court.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
The “Faith Manifesto,” signed by around 6,000 people, sharply criticizes the demands of the Synodal Path, which amount to a “self-secularization of the church,” Bernhard Meuser said.
Pope Francis burns incense as he venerates a figurine of the baby Jesus during Mass for the feast of Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“Sometimes we live in a spirit of a ‘parking lot’; we stay parked, without the impulse of desire that carries us forward. We do well to ask: where are we on our journey of faith?”
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Your sins cannot cancel the identity you were given in your baptism. But it is possible to forget who you are.
Women pray during an Aug. 13, 2019, meeting led by San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy in response to Pope Francis' call to confront sexual abuse of minors and other vulnerable people. (CNS photo/David Maung)
FaithShort Take
Kathleen McChesney
We have learned a lot about sexual abuse by Catholic clergy since The Boston Globe unveiled its investigation in 2002, writes an expert in child protection. That is bringing us closer to the goal of seeing no new cases.
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
Gloria Purvis
Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, talks with Gloria Purvis about how the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 are not as different from ordinary Americans as you might think.
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
For the first time, a layman and a nun provided the English and Spanish translations of Francis’ weekly catechism lesson rather than a cloaked monsignor, a small but revolutionary change for the Vatican.
Pope Francis greets a boy during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 5, 2022.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“It is a risk, yes: having a child is always a risk, either naturally or by adoption,” Pope Francis said. ”But it is riskier not to have them.”
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Joan Didion was capable both of conjuring up the horrors of modern life and of offering solace that there was still a point to it all.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nathan Schneider
My neighbors lost homes because our political and economic institutions have failed to respond to a crisis they have long known was coming.
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is seen here at the bishops' fall general assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph S. Flipper
The temptation is to fight the ghosts of Modernism by denigrating those working for social justice and “elites” as anti-religious co-conspirators. But this would be a disservice to the truth and to the church.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
In mid-January, a law firm is scheduled to publish a report into the handling of clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, where Pope Benedict XVI was archbishop.
Pakistani Christian children play in front of yellow tents provided for Christian families whose homes were set on fire by a mob, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
In a video message released by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, Pope Francis offered his prayer intention for the month of January, which he dedicated to people who suffer from religious discrimination and persecution.
Maryann Arceo, a volunteer at St. Anthony's Padua Dining Room in Menlo Park, Calif., listens to a man as he receives a box of free groceries at St. Anthony's Catholic Church Nov. 18, 2021. The program provides about 300 meals every day, except Sunday, as well as groceries to anyone in need. (CNS photo/David Maung)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
“All the prices are ridiculously high,” said Manuel Jeremías Ake, a father of six in California. “We were struggling to buy what we could afford. But now, forget about it. I’ve never seen anything like this in this country.”
FaithFaith and Reason
Louis J. Cameli
A synod on synodality is a process about a process. And that stuck with me. A process about a process seemed to be without content. Where would this lead us?
Factory-produced fake meat is not necessarily the solution to factory farming. (iStock/Grandbrothers)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert Cruz
If it depends on supporting the fake meat industry, vegetarianism is not a superior ethical or moral stance. But there is an alternative in the “ideal kind of farm” described by Pope John XXIII.