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Something in us is dissatisfied with the ordinary. There’s something in the ordinary that can have us think that predictable routines, domestic rhythms, and commitment to duty can weigh us down......
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Clericalism and synodality are opposites: ending clerical privilege, unpaid domestic servitude and closed-door governance, and reclaiming the baptismal dignity of the laity, is the structural cleansing a synodal Church requires....
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Retired priests, our spiritual fathers, are men who have offered up their whole being, body and soul, for the sake of the Church. Through their ministry, they have sought to reflect the very love that Christ poured out for us....
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“Dear young people, in Confirmation you have received the most beautiful gift, the Holy Spirit: it is not a treasure to be kept hidden, but a light that you must make shine every day.”...
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As religion returns as a tool of power from Washington to Moscow to Delhi, faith risks becoming an identity weapon; the Church stays effective only by remaining free and unenlistable....
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“Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me.” These are strong words from Jesus to Peter. Last Sunday we heard (Just a few verses earlier), Peter making the great confession: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Now the same Peter is being...
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Dioceses across the country are reckoning with how to accompany a new subset of Catholics that have a distinct vision of the faith and relationship with the church unlike that of the cradle Catholics they have previously known. ...
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Meeting with Lutheran Bishops from Norway, Pope Leo XIV encourages all Christians to work together to promote peace and justice in our turbulent times....
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More than 150 leaders and leadership team members, plus vicars for Consecrated Life, attended the National Assembly of Catholic Religious Australia in Melbourne from 3-5 August. ...