A silent church is a dead church because life makes joyful noise.
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I am gay and Catholic. Are you willing to walk in my shoes?
I wonder what you would feel if you knew me. If you saw what the lives you ask us to lead are actually like.
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Father James Martin: 7 lessons for ministry I’ve learned as a Jesuit
You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
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What—if anything—ensures a new college student will keep going to Mass?
It is in college that a young Catholic truly has to lay claim to her faith.
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Transitus: the little-known celebration of St. Francis Assisi’s death
St. Francis didn’t just serve the poor and love animals. He taught us how to die well, too.
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Holiness is possible during a time of crisis
Crisis management and best business practices have their uses, but they cannot replace true Catholic leadership.
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For those thinking about suicide, prayers help—but are not enough.
When the suicide monster invades the psyche, more than kindness is required. More than toughing it out.
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Eight lessons to help us move forward from the sex abuse crisis.
What I’ve learned from more than 50 years in service of the church.
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Brett Kavanaugh and the true meaning of brotherhood
Brotherhood must not be used as a cloak for privilege and secrecy.
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St. John Paul II envisioned a big church. So why are millennials feeling excluded?
We have been told we are too gay or too female or too mentally ill or too divorced to serve in the church.