The closing of Iowa’s parishes is an opportunity for laypeople
In light of the church’s social teaching, what responsibilities remain after the parish map changes?
Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern? The pope
The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and norms to transfer papal power if a pope dies or resigns. But none of them apply when he is sick or even unconscious.
Let yourself experience the fruit of the Spirit
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
Pope Leo’s lung surgery concludes ‘positively,’ Vatican says
“The operation has concluded positively, within the time and ways that were envisaged,” and “the Holy Father is now back in his room,” the Vatican said in a brief statement.
‘Amoris’ meeting discusses divorce and remarriage among human ‘fragilities’
Cardinal Farrell invited the bishops and the 22 lay participants at the meeting to “speak truthfully” and listen to stories of the “complexity of family life.”
Pope will enter hospital Tuesday for surgery to remove lung nodule
Following the news of the pope’s imminent hospitalization, messages of good wishes and prayers for his health have arrived from church leaders in all parts of the world.
Pope to undergo surgery to remove ‘small, localized lump’ in lung
According to the Holy See Press Office, the pope’s surgery to remove a lung nodule is scheduled for this week, and the hospital stay is expected to be about one week.
The death of the American conscience will be livestreamed
To livestream an execution is so far outside the moral norm that it almost becomes difficult to articulate why it is so morally awful.
How Bishop Mariann Budde navigates politics in her preaching
So often we become fixated on how our spiritual leaders are navigating political, personal and public matters that we forget we have our own challenges in prayer.
‘Amoris’ participants agree that one major issue is affecting families: Migration.
On the first day of the Vatican’s closed-door meeting on “Amoris Laetitia,” “human mobility and migration were mentioned by all the groups.”
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