What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope’s death and the succession of the next pope.
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What happens when a pope dies or resigns?
What happens when a pope dies or resigns? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the steps in detail of what will occur at the Vatican after a pope’s death.
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Óscar Romero’s resurrection spirituality
St. Óscar Romero’s spiritual convictions on the resurrection can be categorized in four ways. First, resurrection is an act and fruit of the Spirit, even now; second, resurrection is a communal, historical reality; third, resurrection is a process of ongoing conversion; and fourth, resurrection is always an eschatological event.
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Pope Francis canonized 942 saints during his papacy. What do they tell us about him?
A person’s heroes often point to their values. In Pope Francis’ case, the people he singled out for their heroic virtues reveal a great deal about his papal priorities.
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The helplessness of Jesus on the cross: A Holy Week reflection
For me, there are three themes that I draw out of our tradition and that I emphasize in my preaching: solidarity, empathy and gratuitousness.
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Why the Council of Nicaea still matters—1,700 years later
What happened at Nicaea in A.D. 325? And why is that still so important for Christian churches today?
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A rabbi’s appreciation of Pope Francis: ‘A man of peace’
In his commitment to dialogue and his fervent desire for peace, Pope Francis has proven to be a valuable friend to the Jewish people.
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JD Vance, Ukraine and the nihilism of MAGA
There is a cynical strain of MAGA, a mirror of the deconstructivism of the left, which jeers at woke hypocrisy but is not for much of anything—certainly not anything requiring faith or sacrifice.
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Advice to new priests hoping to change a parish: go slow and listen
And remember, it’s not about you.
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The four signs of a truly synodal church
Reflecting on the final document of the synod, Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon proposes four marks of a synodal church: relating, listening, discerning and self-emptying.