For celibate priests, there are three specific and essential elements of formation for sustaining their commitment: They need a meaningful reason for celibacy, they need skills for celibate living, and they need a supportive community.
Louis J. Cameli
The Rev. Louis J. Cameli, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, is Cardinal Blase J. Cupich’s delegate for formation and mission. He is the author of the audiobook Mary’s Journey.
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Only a listening church can address the sex abuse crisis
This month’s summit meeting in Rome is a signal that Pope Francis intends to address the abuse crisis in a mode of collegiality, looking at people rather than structures.
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Finding hope and healing in the face of the abuse crisis
Structural reform and renewal are absolutely necessary to reclaim a measure of integrity for the church and—some would even say—for her very survival.
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Pope Francis still hasn’t responded to the dubia. He has good reason not to.
The dubia stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of ‘Amoris Laetitia’ and the renewal that began with Vatican II.
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The gift and challenge of discernment in Pope Francis’ ‘The Joy of Love’
The great question is this: How do we form consciences?
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A new kind of Synod would inevitably have bumps on the road.
Pope Francis called for a different kind of synod, something that was both new to most of us and yet also deeply rooted in our tradition. And that different kind of synod would inevitably have bumpy spots.