I spoke with friends who work with young people, and young people themselves, to get the hardest questions about God and religion.
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We should all renew the Friday penance. (But it doesn’t have to mean giving up meat.)
When the church allowed meat on Fridays, the intent was not to end the call for penance. Friday penance outside of Lent can now have a more personal nature, drawing each of us closer to God.
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Tiny faith stories: God’s presence in even the most hopeless situations
We asked readers to share stories of surprising moments of faith in no more than 100 words. In these (very) short essays, they explain how they faced these struggles with the help of God.
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Tiny faith stories: How we experience God through relationships
In these (very) short essays, they explain how they encountered God in others and their faith grew because of it. They show how the Lord is present even where we least expect God.
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New York City’s Catholic Underground is an experience of church like no other
At Catholic Underground in New York City, hosted by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, I experienced a Holy Hour followed by an exhibit of Catholic art and artists.
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Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick deemed not competent to stand trial for sexual abuse charges
Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial in Massachusetts on charges he sexually abused a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Census: Ireland is becoming less Catholic
Ireland is becoming less religious, and the percentage of residents who identify as Catholic is down to 69% according to census data. More people identify with “no religion” than in previous years.
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How my 3-year-old’s epiphany in a drug store shaped my view of the pandemic
Can something really be over if you can still feel it in your bones?
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More Americans pray in their car than in a place of worship, survey finds
A distinct majority of those who pray (87%) said they believed they’d received an answer to their prayers in the last 12 months.
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How teaching sex ed taught me how to approach the synod
I’ve realized that the approach we take in sex ed offers some guidelines that could be useful for the church as a whole as we seek to engage in honest conversations as part of the Synod on Synodality.