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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Stephen White
Archbishop José Gomez is an immigrant, a minority and the president of the U.S.C.C.B. When he speaks on the issue of racism and social injustice, it is worth paying attention.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
With a pilgrim’s staff and mantle, Pope Francis entered Assisi’s Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels with 500 economically or socially disadvantaged people.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
On this deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” producer Maggi Van Dorn and host Colleen Dulle dig into the history of the U.S. bishops’ engagement with political issues and give some background on today’s “Communion wars.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jim McDermott
Ivy Getty’s extravagant wedding was designed to make us jealous. We need to find more climate-friendly experiences of FOMO.
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory gives Autiyonna Johnson her first Communion as a new Catholic during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on April 3, 2021. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)
FaithShort Take
Robert Aaron Wessman, G.H.M.
The Covid pandemic has reminded us of the importance of placing the concerns of the community before our own as individuals. So why would we view the reception of the Eucharist as a private matter?
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
World leaders are running out of time and must address the challenges of climate change before it’s too late, Pope Francis said.
FaithFaith in Focus
Dave Mercer
34 years as a priest allow for a perspective no 19-year-old G.I. can have.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Alessandra Harris
Archbishop José Gomez’s speech on social justice movements displays a lack of understanding of Black Catholics and other groups too often at the margin of the church.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
You can cherish life and surrender it when you know that it is never insignificant, that your story matters, that you exist to love the author of our tale.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Released late Nov. 9, the 18th annual report from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection stated that 3,924 child sexual abuse survivors filed 4,228 allegations.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
Pregnancy transforms a woman’s body into one that supports another but nevertheless remains hers. This is too often overlooked in pro-life political arguments.
Members of the Archdiocese of Washington Youth Leadership Team pray during Mass for Life at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on Jan. 29. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)
FaithNews
Robert David Sullivan
Nearly three-quarters of young U.S. Catholics say they can be a good Catholic without going to Mass every Sunday, according to a new CARA survey.
Pope Francis greets a woman during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 10, 2021.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
The prayer to the Holy Spirit is spontaneous: it needs to come from your heart. In difficult moments, you need to ask: “Holy Spirit, come.”
FaithFaith and Reason
Blase J. Cupich
Pope Francis wants all Catholics to recognize that Vatican II and its reforms are not only authentic actions of the Holy Spirit but also are in continuity with the tradition of the church.
Politics & SocietyNews
The Associated Press
A Cleveland-area Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to life in prison on convictions of child pornography and exploitation.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six other candidates for sainthood finally will be canonized May 15, 2022, the Vatican announced Nov. 9.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Willie James Jennings belongs to a guild in which he never felt he belonged. How do we remake the world of theological education when it still holds up what Jennings calls "white self-sufficient masculinity" as the ideal?
FaithPodcasts
Gloria Purvis
Gloria Purvis speaks with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco about some of the most contested issues in the Catholic Church today.
FaithDispatches
Robert David Sullivan
The survey also found a perception that younger priests are “more theologically conservative or orthodox than their older counterparts.”
The charred interior of the San Gabriel Mission is damaged following a morning fire in San Gabriel, Calif, July 11, 2020.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
Since July 2020, the U.S.C.C.B. has tracked more than 105 incidents of vandalism of Catholic sites in the U.S., including arson, graffiti and defaced statues.