Respondents to a new America poll said overwhelmingly that their parishes kept them up-to-date with paper bulletins (97 percent) and announcements at Mass (91 percent).
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Posted inFaith, The Word
When has Christ lifted you from dread?
God never intended the world to be a place of anxiety
Posted inExplainer, Faith
What are ‘canonical penalties’ and how should they be handed down?
It is rare for penalties to be discussed in relation to a subject other than abortion.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The secret lives of trees, ourselves and our God
We are mysteries to one another. The same is true of nature. The same has ever been true of God.
Posted inFaith, News
A Catholic Facebook group posted an anti-Semitic meme. What can we learn from this?
The issue at the heart of this debacle is the slur “Christ-killer.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Father James Martin: When L.G.B.T. issues are pro-life issues
Why didn’t more Catholic leaders express sorrow for or show compassion to our L.G.B.T. brothers and sisters in Orlando?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What we have learned 10 years after Postville, the largest immigration raid in U.S. history
At the time, it was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history.
Posted inFaith, News
New York court again rules Fulton Sheen’s remains may be moved to Peoria
The Diocese of Peoria has reacted with “great joy” to a decision by a New York court in favor of Joan Sheen Cunningham’s petition to have the remains of her uncle, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, moved from New York City to Peoria.
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: How to deal with distraction in prayer
The Examen Podcast: 10th Monday of Ordinary Time
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Pope Francis tells group of children: Always remember your teachers
With the children seated around him in the atrium of the Vatican audience hall, Pope Francis answered their questions about his childhood, his school, his vocation and the standard question children ask him, “How did you feel when you were chosen pope?”