A court ruled unanimously that the New York Archdiocese did not discriminate against a school principal when it chose not renew her contract.
Ministry
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why you should care about the gluten-free Communion fight—even if you eat wheat
It is not always as easy spiritually to receive Communion as it is physically.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Want to keep your homilies fresh? Take a page from Louis C. K.
I’ve only been a priest for 13 years. How could I possibly be at the point that I am just recycling ideas?
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Women deacons, Disney and doors: Read what this Jesuit priest said in his first homily.
Parts of us are afraid and behind locked doors. Parts of our society are afraid and behind locked doors. Parts of our church are afraid and behind locked doors.
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Posted inFaith, News
Canadian Catholic TV network relies on young adults to evangelize the world
Launched in 2003, Salt & Light Media now has a new home in downtown Toronto.
Posted inFaith, Video
A farewell Mass for Ringling Brothers
As the “Greatest Show on Earth” performs its last show, performers gather for a special Catholic Mass.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
In California, prison chaplains wanted—and wanting
Given the number of those in the California legal system today who are Latino, “you can guess a large percentage of them are Catholic.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The church must build ‘spiritual ramps’ to sex abuse survivors
Wheelchair ramps help disabled persons enter into a church building. There is a need for spiritual ramps to help the church to go in the other direction.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I’ve been a priest for 63 years. Celebrating Mass has never gotten old.
Celebrating Mass was wonderful the first time I did it 63 years ago. It is, if possible, even more wonderful today.
Posted inFaith, Video
Welcome to the largest Catholic parish in the United States
St. Matthew in Charlotte, N.C., averages 12,000 people at weekend Masses—and that’s hardly the only unique thing about parish life in the United States’ largest Catholic church.