“The ideal bishop does not exist,” Sister Reungoat said. But he has to be a shepherd who is “close to the people entrusted to him, he has to know how to involve priests, laity and religious, and people of different generations.”

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.

Pope Francis condemned Canada’s residential school system as “a deplorable evil” and asked forgiveness of the Indigenous Peoples for Christians participation in it.

“They want to hear the Holy Father say it was the Catholic Church that was ultimately responsible for what descended on the peoples of our country, the first peoples.”

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington promulgated liturgical norms July 22 for implementing Pope Francis’ apostolic letter “Traditionis Custodes.”

“To remember the devastating experiences that took place in the residential schools hurts, angers, causes pain, and yet it is necessary.”

A new poll found that 75 percent of Hispanic Catholics say abortion should be legal in “most or all cases.” But interviews with community and faith leaders suggest more nuance, and more ambivalence, among Latinos.

A Reflection for Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis

Pope Francis landed in Edmonton and met briefly at the airport with Indigenous leaders, Canada's governor general and prime minister.

A Reflection for Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes

A Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Simcha Fisher

From July 24 to July 29, Pope Francis will meet with Indigenous People in Canada to apologize and ask forgiveness, on their land, for abuses perpetrated in largely Catholic Church-run residential schools.

The us-them thinking of modern Trumpist populism is nothing new. Americans have been responding to duress with xenophobia and anti-government narratives since the country's founding.

“We will not tire of emphasizing that the church in Germany will not follow a ‘German special path’,” said a joint statement by the Synodal Presidium, the president of the German Bishops’ Conference and ZdK President Irme Stetter-Karp.

We laypeople are failing in our mission. We have outsourced evangelization to a few paid members of staff and a collective of volunteers.

An opportunity for more research on ectopic pregnancies cannot be overlooked as controversy over these pregnancies erupted following Roe v. Wade being overturned.

A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mary of Magdala, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

The new film “Elvis” isn’t long enough to include all of Elvis’s gospel hits, but here are some highlights from his career.

On his new album, Andrew Bird takes a hard look at the ills of contemporary America and wonders how on earth we got here.