Data showing the theological divide between younger and older priests—as well as between younger priests and the laity—could serve as a mandate to heal the scandal of division within our own church.
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Devotion to Mary can invigorate our love for the Eucharist
What if we brought together two currents: attachment to the Eucharist as liturgical action and devotion with attachment to the Blessed Virgin Mary? The conjunction of these currents can enable them to reinforce each other and can make a significant impact on our spiritual journeys.
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The mystery of Thomas Aquinas: Why did he leave his ‘Summa’ unfinished?
Thomas Aquinas’s ‘Summa Theologiae’ is perhaps the most important philosophical/theological work in Christian history. Why didn’t the Angelic Doctor finish it?
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Wars end in defeat for everyone: A reflection on Gaza
The church can be prophetic in reminding all that every human being—yes, even a Hamas militant or a Zionist settler—is created in the image and likeness of God.
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Cardinal Schönborn: Lessons from the Council of Jerusalem, the church’s first synod
All too often we remain in the theoretical, in “one should” and “one ought to”; we hardly ever speak personally about our missionary experiences. But this is what our believers are waiting for!
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Can the entire Catholic Church be run like a religious order? Should it?
The Synod on Synodality looks toward the church’s great religious institutes for what synodality within the universal church may look like. But are those the right models?
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Memories can be the way we show the dead our love on All Souls’ Day
Many Catholics today fail to appreciate the meaning and moral value of remembrance on All Souls’ Day—though praying for the dead was central to early Christian practice.
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Pope Francis wants the synod to be a political community—but one based on faith, not interest
Most modern constitutional states today describe themselves as republics. Such republics sound as though they have a lot in common with Catholic social teaching. They do.
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What a failed 18th-century synod—and a talking point for Archbishop Viganò—can teach us about synodality
The ghost of Pistoia is by now quite experienced at haunting Catholic memories.
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Catholics should care about sex and consent.
Discussions around consent should become a commonplace feature of Catholic conversations about sexual ethics. They can serve especially as a corrective to the harmful use of “marital debt” rhetoric within Catholic culture.