Catholic schools and childhood vaccines: A showdown between Florida’s attorney general and bishops
A showdown over vaccines between Catholic school officials in Florida and the state’s attorney general this week revived debate over the morality and efficacy of vaccinations.
Meeting God (and others) in the storm shelter
A Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
Expect the Unexpected
August 9, 2026, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Each of the readings this Sunday discloses how encounters with God and what is asked of us often manifest quite differently than what we expect.
The Catholic principle guiding popes through tech upheavals, from the Industrial Revolution to AI
Pope Leo is one of many popes to respond to technological change by drawing on a Catholic principle called ‘subsidiarity.’
Pope Leo encourages Catholics to deepen prayer through Liturgy of the Hours
The Liturgy of the Hours is the church’s official daily prayer, consisting of psalms, Scripture readings, hymns and prayers recited at designated times throughout the day. Pope Leo said the tradition of prayer is “no longer passed on” even in many Christian families, even though prayer is a “fundamental dimension of our humanity.”
Pope Leo will make 12-day trip to Peru, Argentina and Uruguay, Vatican announces
Leo will visit Latin America in November and he will spend more than half of his time in Peru.
Do Catholics really think suffering is good?
A Reflection for Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Christopher Robles
James T. Farrell was condemned by the church—and paved the way for American Catholic writers
James T. Farrell’s Studs Lonigan trilogy in the 1930s set him up as an enemy of a church that was aghast at his portrayal of human nature and, frankly, of the Catholic Church itself.
Thomas Merton: Monk. Mystic. Existentialist?
A lifetime of re-reading Merton has convinced me that the existential note ringing through his body of work is key, not only to making sense of his wide-ranging thought, but to any real understanding of the man himself.
Spokane bishop calls for prayers, outreach as wildfires ravage area
A Washington state bishop is calling for prayer as wildfires have torched entire neighborhoods, leading to thousands of evacuations and hundreds of destroyed buildings.
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