What compels men to listen and follow Jesus Christ’s call to become permanent deacons in 2026?
Ministry
Posted inDispatches
Catholic ministry and AI: the risks, limits and opportunities
For many involved in ministry every day, the question of whether to engage with A.I. has already passed. The question that remains is how.
Posted inPodcasts
Bringing your full (wounded) self to ministry
If seen in the light of God’s grace, our wounds can humble us, help remove a sense of arrogance and, above all, make us more sensitive to others who struggle.
Posted inFeatures
To serve young Latinos, the church needs a new playbook
If we hope to engage young Latinos, we must ask: Are we trying to provide answers to questions they are not asking, or are we listening to them?
Posted inShort Take
A.I. chatbots cannot replace the community of church
Chatbots may offer a verse in the middle of the night, but their chief purpose must be to point people to the living community of the church.
Posted inNews
U.S. Army says religious support contracts to be ‘reexamined’ after Archbishop Broglio objects to their cancellation
Archbishop Timothy Broglio said the cancellation of all religious support contracts for Army chapels, “including those for religious educators, administrators, and musicians,” placed on Catholics “an insurmountable restriction on the free exercise of religion.”
Posted inNews
Priest’s St. Monica Project helps accompany parents whose children have left the faith
“It’s a devotion that I created to help parents — and to encourage parents — in their prayer for their children to return to the practice of the faith,” Father Buhman said ahead of St. Monica’s feast day on Aug. 27.
Posted inNews
Pope Leo encouraged vocations to the priesthood in meeting with French altar servers
“I speak to your young, enthusiastic and generous consciences,” the pope said, “and I will tell you something you must hear, even if it may trouble you a bit: the lack of priests in France, and in the world, is a great misfortune!”
Posted inFaith, Features
Ministering to women survivors of sexual exploitation: How Milwaukee’s Franciscan Peacemakers saves lives
Franciscan Peacemakers is the home base for a social enterprise, which provides women survivors of sexual trafficking with work experience and a means to support themselves financially.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Interview: Why Cardinal McElroy is ‘very happy’ with the results of the synod
Cardinal McElroy shared his reflections on the synod with America Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell in this wide-ranging interview at the North American College in Rome.