While discernment is never easy, it was even more complicated as a Latino.
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Posted inFaith, Last Take
How “Humanae Vitae” helped one nun find her feminist voice
So what does it matter what a celibate woman thinks about contraception?
Posted inFaith, Theater
Review: Leonard Bernstein’s liturgy for the world
With his “Mass,” Leonard Bernstein uses liturgy to give voice to political unease.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Vatican expert: To fight sex abuse, the Catholic Church must invest in women
Women often “bring up the voice of those who are the most vulnerable in our society,” says Hans Zollner, S.J., who heads the Centre for Child Protection in Rome.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How the 465-year-old arm of St. Francis Xavier brought faith and healing to Canada
When I was asked to accompany the Jesuit saint’s arm across Canada, various fears and questions flashed across my mind.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Dear anxious millennials: I have the perfect prayer for you
Said with purpose and conviction, the Memorare can remind 20-somethings that we are not alone in our restlessness.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Vacation is a pro-life issue
Jesus would have definitely taken his paid days of vacation—all of them.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
We all need a good shepherd—but it doesn’t need to be a priest
Hasn’t the good Lord given someone to watch over you?
Posted inFaith, News
Chicago Archdiocese hosts training in immigrant-to-immigrant peer ministry
Delegates came to learn about the parish-based, immigrant-to-immigrant peer ministry that began in the archdiocese 10 years ago. Leaders now want to create a national network of dioceses that use Pastoral Migratoria.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Thailand cave rescue draws attention to its thriving Catholic population
During the cave crisis, at the Cathedral of Saint Michael in Thare, a small village located along Nonghan Lake in northeastern Thailand’s Isaan region, Catholics offered Mass and asked for the intervention of St. Michael the Archangel to protect the young men.