There is much to hope for in the U.S. bishops’ project of local and national revitalization. But there cannot be a full-fledged eucharistic revival without a precious blood revival.
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Language matters. The Eucharist is more than ‘the body of Jesus.’
Taking liberties with the wording of magisterial teachings or the wording of the liturgy is an extremely dangerous and self-serving exercise in terms of the church’s belief.
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A crisis in Canada: Medical assistance in dying is not what our most vulnerable people need.
The legalization of euthanasia in Canada—so-called medical assistance in dying, or MAID—challenges our common values and shakes the very foundations of our living together.
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Reject the cult of ‘intelligence.’ You’re worth more than that.
Any science that seeks to measure our worth by measuring one trait or another is science gone wrong.
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Corpus Christi reminds us: a different kind of politics won’t heal our divisions. Only the Eucharist can.
The Eucharist as the sacrament of unity constitutes the church not as just another social body, but as mystical and universal in its orientation toward the kingdom of God.
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Confession: the underappreciated sacrament we need to build a listening church
It is within the sacred space of the sacrament of reconciliation that someone can come to be heard.
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Teilhard de Chardin, consecration and the cosmos: How a Jesuit mystic expanded the scope of theology
Teilhard’s eucharistic vision have moved many readers, including Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
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What the synod doc says about women, and what it could mean for the future of the church
The Synod on Synodality is good news for all the baptized, and in particular, it is good news for women.
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How all Catholic teaching is connected in the ‘hierarchy of truths’
When we speak of the ‘hierarchy of truths’ in Catholic theology, we need to remember that we are teaching both the essentials—and the entirety—of the faith.
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Does ChatGPT have a soul? A conversation on Catholic ethics and A.I.
New forms of A.I. raise pressing ethical and philosophical questions that must be addressed by Catholics and, for that matter, all people of good will.