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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
A new Vatican instruction seeks to ensure that there is order in the celebration of the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and that Masses are celebrated in accordance with the norms and spirit of the liturgical renewal of the Second Vatican Council.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“The internet is awash in rogue priests, bishops and bloggers presenting incorrect moral teaching,” Bishop Joseph Tyson told America. He wants Catholics to know they should not have moral qualms about receiving any vaccine.
FaithVatican Dispatch
María Lía Zervino
An open letter to Pope Francis from a woman on the eighth anniversary of his papacy
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
Behind the numbers lies a fascinating web of stories about how young people find and discover meaning.
FaithNews
Kevin Christopher Robles
Springtide Research Institute has revealed that Catholics aged 13 to 25 are the loneliest generation on record and are increasingly having trouble putting trust in religious institutions.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Zac Davis
It is the perfect time to sink into the couch and run through the most hopeful show on television: “Ted Lasso.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Sean Salai
Father Grande is more than just a Jesuit saint, but a saint for the clergy and people of El Salvador.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Holy See’s income for 2021 is down 30 percent, so it has to draw on reserves to cover the budget deficit and avoid layoffs.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Erika Rasmussen
A poem for those who have died of Covid-19
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
There will be no parades in Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, and the government has warned that people who try to organize parties to celebrate the day will face fines and criminal prosecution.
FaithFeatures
Colleen Dulle
Many Catholics have found themselves connected to parish communities in ways that previously were impossible.
FaithNews
Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service
For decades, popes have suffered embarrassment and even frustration when their light, shoulder-length mantle, inspired by a sudden gust of wind, smacked them right in the face as they greeted world leaders or waved to crowds while cameras whirred.
FaithNews
Julie Asher - Catholic News Service
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act heading to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature will provide relief to Americans in need amid the pandemic, but it lacks “protections for the unborn,” the U.S. bishops said.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
If you think you’ve got him, you don’t. Indeed, you don’t have him until he has you!
We have done a disservice to our entire Catholic community by keeping quiet about Natural Family Planning and then rushing through it in marriage prep. (iStock/jacoblund)
FaithShort Take
Ellen Holloway
Natural Family Planning is too important to be relegated to marriage preparation class, writes Ellen Holloway of the Charting Toward Intimacy podcast. We need to talk about it early and often.
FaithFaith in Focus
Robert Ellsberg
Even as a child she sensed that Africa was her destiny, the roots of her mission vocation found in a fourth-grade geography textbook that pictured giraffes loping across the plain
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis
In his first general audience since returning from Iraq, Pope Francis said: “ I saw around me the joy of welcoming Christ’s messenger; I saw the hope of being open to a horizon of peace and fraternity.”
FaithNews
Joanne M. Pierce
Emil Kapaun’s selfless actions during combat and imprisonment demonstrated extraordinary heroism, not just in fighting the armed enemies, but also in what the Vatican calls “offering of one’s life” for other human beings.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
Fresh off the papal visit to Iraq, Vatican correspondent Gerard O'Connell joins host Colleen Dulle on “Inside the Vatican” to discuss what it was like to travel with the pope on his riskiest trip yet.
FaithFaith and Reason
Roberto J. De La Noval
The antinatalist movement might strike many people as misguided, but considering its arguments can lead Christians to examine vexing questions around our understanding of eternal punishment.