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Politics & SocietyNews
Patricia Zapor - Catholic News Service
Pat McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, said the school used funds from the American Rescue Plan to pay off more than $2.3 million in unpaid tuition balances for 540 students.
FaithNews
Thomas J. Reese
Pope Francis needs to publicly appoint an agent to make decisions about his medical care for when he is no longer able to make them himself. Without this appointment, there will be confusion and division in the church.
FaithDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Tlaxpana is among hundreds of communities across Mexico dealing with the sudden loss of parish priests during the Covid pandemic.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
History was made in the Vatican this morning when the trial against Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other persons on charges including abuse of office, embezzlement and fraud.
FaithNews
Mary Durran - Catholic News Service
Hidilyn Diaz became the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal winner, set an Olympic record — and thanked her friends who prayed the Miraculous Medal novena.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jonathan Culbreath
Many Catholics are now devastated to lose access to a treasured rite that has nourished their spiritual lives for decades.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
“As long as only the ministry, but not the heart and the spirit, speak in official church texts, the exodus from the world of faith will continue,” he wrote.
FaithNews
Whitney Bauck - Associated Press
What makes Mary an appealing figure today is what has made her popular for 2,000 years: For all her connections to divine power, she has a lot in common with people who often get overlooked.
Fernando Karadima
FaithNews
The Associated Press
A Chilean priest defrocked by the pope in 2018 for having sexually abused minors has died at 90.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
How do we see our grandparents and elderly persons? When was the last time we visited or telephoned an elderly person in order to show our closeness and to benefit from what they have to tell us?
Pope Francis has said that women should have the same rights as men in the workforce. Soccer player Megan Rapinoe, right, has testified in front of Congress for equal pay for women (photo: CNS/AP/America).
Politics & SocietyThe Moral Economy
John W. Miller
For modern interpreters of Catholic social teaching, there is little question that women deserve equal pay. It has not always been so.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
While Catholic organizations have stepped up their efforts to help those experiencing homelessness during this summer’s heat wave, they are also preparing for what might be an even greater crisis.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
APSA’s budget summary, made public for the first time, offered a glimpse into the Vatican’s investments and real estate holdings, which often have been shrouded in mystery and subject to much speculation.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Vatican prosecutors have alleged a jaw-dropping series of scandals in the biggest criminal trial in the Vatican’s modern history, which opens Tuesday in a modified courtroom in the Vatican Museums.
FaithNews
Associated Press
The pope urged people everywhere to reach out to older generations.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The consolidated financial statement of the Roman Curia for 2020 revealed better-than-expected results even though the overall situation is still quite difficult.
Arts & CultureBooks
Patrick R. Manning
How do believers "make God real"? And what effect do these beliefs and practices have on their lives? A new book by T.M. Luhrmann asks these questions and more.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Yonat Shimron - Religion News Service
Evyatar Marienberg, a historian of religion at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, has written a book about Sting’s Catholic imagination and how it fueled his creativity.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Some experts say the level of detail included in the story suggests that whoever provided the information has access to large datasets and methods of analysis that could have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars—or more.
The cast of ‘Father Ted,’ from left clockwise: Pauline McLynn, Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon and Frank Kelly (photo: Alamy/Moviestore Collection Ltd)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Addison Del Mastro
“Father Ted” can be seen as both a relic of an Irish moment and a humorous, but serious, argument against the confessional state.