It is time for us to understand how this keeps happening and to stop it. We women are being called to shake things up.
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Turning down ESPN to work in campus ministry
Why did I choose ministry over sports media? For the love of the person, the whole person.
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The witch hunt for gay priests
Where does this extreme hatred of gay priests come from? It comes from fear.
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I spoke out on sex abuse—and lay people kicked me out of Mass
The congregation chided me to sit down.“This is Mass!” I was told. “It’s not the time.”
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Dear fellow Catholics: the church needs you now more than ever
What do we do now? What happens next? We stay Catholic.
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No, there is not a “civil war” in the Catholic Church
People do not have the time or money or energy to be angry at popes or angry at people who are angry at popes.
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Father James Martin: How parishes can welcome L.G.B.T. Catholics
For Jesus, it’s community first, conversion second. Welcome and respect come first.
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We must place our hope not with power or authority, but with abuse survivors
On the Feast of the Assumption and following more revelations of sexual abuse, a priest reflects on the hard work required for the church to “come to perfection.”
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My prayer for fellow survivors of abuse
Rest assured, my brothers and sisters, Jesus feels your hurt.
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Dear Catholic bishops: This is not the time to play defense
We need our shepherds to stand with us, their flock, and not merely flock together.