The six-day certification course aims to teach ‘how to honor deserving candidates and expedite their path to sainthood in the Vatican,’ according to the center’s website.
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Pope Leo XIV affirms priestly celibacy and demands ‘firm’ action on sex abuse in speech to bishops
History’s first American pope reaffirmed Wednesday that the primary role of bishops is to forge unity in his diocese among clergy and to be close to his flock in word and deed.
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Full text: Pope Leo’s meditation for the Jubilee of Bishops
“Dear friends, a Bishop is a witness to hope by his example of a life firmly grounded in God and completely devoted to the service of the Church. This will be the case only insofar as he is conformed to Christ in his personal life and in his apostolic ministry.”
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Pete Buttigieg on identity and faith in public life
This week on “The Spiritual Life,” Father James Martin speaks with former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about faith, fatherhood and his “Jesuit background.”
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Pope Leo offers advice to seminarians around the world: Don’t be afraid of your feelings and reject hypocrisy
“Keeping our gaze on Jesus, we must learn to give a name and voice even to sadness, fear, anguish, indignation, bringing everything into relationship with God,” Pope Leo said.
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Has God ever rescued you?
June 29, 2025, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul: This is the lesson of leadership among Christ’s disciples, to be ever at the task of sharing the Gospel, finding moments of grace even in hardship.
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The dangers of treating A.I. like a prophet
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael J. O’Loughlin
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The necessity—and elusiveness—of hope
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
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Archbishop Gomez: Why we need a new conversation on immigration
“This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes.”
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The Gospel call to stop judging
A Reflection for Monday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time, by Jackson Goodman