Wherever you stand on the matter, it’s clear that the church teaching on ordination represents a problem for evangelization.
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I joined the Jesuit Volunteer Elder Corps at 68—and never looked back.
A teacher, a legal assistant, a salesman, a poet, a realtor, a development director and a woman who had been homeless walked into community together.
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I may never be able to thank the Good Samaritan who saved my life.
Through the compassionate act of a stranger, who stepped up to help me after two others had passed me by, my life was saved.
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Father James Martin: Lessons for all Catholics from six L.G.B.T. parables
What can we learn from these stories? What does God want to teach us?
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My autistic sons aren’t a version of the cross. They’re an invitation to love and serve.
My sons with autism are a burden and even a cross. They are not unwanted.
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How Lent consoles us—and shows us what it means to be abandoned
Jesus has felt our sorrow, carried our burdens, sweated through our labors, taken our punishment onto himself.
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What you can do to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
If someone you know loses a loved one to suicide, show up, offer words of condolences and keep doing it.
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How the Buddha became a popular Christian saint
Two of medieval Europe’s most popular saints, Barlaam and Josaphat, were in fact Christianized versions of the Buddha.
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Reinventing the (prayer) wheel
An 11th-century prayer tool comes to life for modern Christians
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What my 5-year-old taught me about prayer during Lent
Naming God in all things.