To provide quality formation—human, academic, spiritual and pastoral—to our future priests is a sacred duty. We would be able to do this better if we had fewer seminaries, all of them excellent ones.
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The bishops’ pastoral plan for Latino ministry should matter to all Catholics
The U.S. bishops recently approved plans for a synodal church with vibrant parish communities that include Hispanic/Latino Catholics. All Catholics are invited to participate, and all will benefit.
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The synod has taught me: Catholics are not as divided as the skeptics thought
I have learned more about the church than I could ever have imagined, and the synod process has come to seem even more urgent and fruitful.
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An open letter to America about gun violence, from a very concerned Irishman
I was a teenager at the time of the Columbine High School shooting. No one could mistake suburban Dublin for anyone’s utopia, but even then my friends and I could recognize that we might as well live in a different galaxy.
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Bishop Seitz on Biden’s new asylum policy: Death cannot be the cost of our immigration laws
President Biden’s immigration policy and asylum rules are morally deficient, as vulnerable migrants are dying on their way to the United States from their home countries.
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Cardinal Cupich: Critics of Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions should listen to JPII
Like St. John Paul II, Pope Francis takes seriously that the restoration of the liturgy was the result of the movement of the Holy Spirit.
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The Francis Revolution: Over the past 10 years, the pope has recovered the church’s true power
There is a new willingness in the Catholic Church, modeled by Pope Francis, to hold its disagreements in fruitful tension, allowing the Spirit to show new paths forward that transcend those divisions.
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Eucharistic vision: A key to understanding his life and theology
“Benedict placed the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist at the very center of Catholic faith and devotion.”
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A post-Roe field hospital
We need to lead a revolution of mercy—and truth.
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Father Matt Malone: My Top 10 Picks from Ten Years at America
Matt Malone, S.J., compiled this list of his top 10 features from America and his top 10 columns over his 10 years as editor in chief.