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Pope Leo XIV’s catechesis on the liturgy is complete. Read whole, the eight reflections are a single argument — and a map through the liturgy wars....
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In a sprawling document articulating the duty of Christians to care for the environment, a Vatican advisory body wrote that taking action to preserve the planet for future generations is "not only an ethical requirement, but also a theological one." ...
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Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas rejects the global culture of military and economic dominance, calling instead for a “civilization of love” centered on human dignity, shared responsibility, and the common good....
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Pope Leo XIV has improved US–Vatican relations, and the American Catholic right that opposed Francis has softened toward him, yet he refuses to be cast as an anti-Trump voice....
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Within all this goodness and messiness, joy and sorrow — for every great father, and every father who did not or could not live out the role as deep down they may have desired — we pray for you on this day with a heart that mirrors the heart...
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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Today can be more than a commercial opportunity for the sale of lots of socks. Let’s all recall our own fathers whether they be living or dead. ...
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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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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....