A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, by Kevin Christopher Robles

At a Halloween festival with some 30,000 partygoers, Father Peixoto re-mixed electronic dance beats with words from Pope Francis’ encyclical about protecting the environment. “The people are dancing with sentences from ‘Laudato Si’.’”

God can be a real pain. I think Homer Smith, the protagonist of “Lilies of the Field” would agree.

Friends and colleagues remembered Richard Gaillardetz, who died on Tuesday, as a perceptive theologian, mining in his talks, articles and books the ecclesiology of Vatican II and Pope Francis’ vision for the church. They also noted the powerful witness of his reflections on his final months of life.

Chapter 11 reorganization will help the Archdiocese of Baltimore manage lawsuits from historic cases of child sexual abuse without abandoning its ministries.

“Francis’ immediate goal is a stop to the killing,” explains Gerry, which motivates the pope’s advocacy for a ceasefire, entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the release of all hostages being held by Hamas.

26 non-ordained theologians have been authorized to administer the sacrament of baptism in church liturgies for the first time in the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart in south-western Germany,

Ohio becomes the seventh state whose voters have chosen to protect access to abortion through the ballot box since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last year.

The pastor at a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza organized a hurried baptism celebration for nine children after two unbaptized children were killed in an I.D.F. missile strike on the compound on Oct. 20.

If it would not cause scandal or confusion among other Catholics, “a transsexual—even one who has undergone hormone treatment and gender reassignment surgery—may receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful.”