Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have one.
Ministry
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Faith leaders need more training to deal with mental health issues, say professionals
Summit participants learned about mental health awareness, suicide prevention and pastoral wellness.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
How can priests preach in the age of Trump—without mentioning Trump?
If parish priests can’t stand up for the poor in this moment, we might as well pack up our Mass kits.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What I’ve learned in the trenches of religious education
People are more likely to be open to hearing the truth if they know you occasionally feed them and give them free babysitting.
Posted inFaith, Features
Faith is strong in middle America’s small towns—but its future is uncertain.
On any given Sunday, the pews of St. Michael’s in Axtell, Kan., are filled with more than half the town’s population.
Posted inFaith, Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis: Do not over-intellectualize your faith
The poor and humble people who have faith in the Lord are the victims of the “intellectuals of religion,” and those who are “seduced by clericalism.”
Posted inFaith
The best way to teach your kids about the faith? Start with the family.
Can changes to religious education reduce the exodus of young adult Catholics?
Posted inOf Other Things, Politics & Society
I took a group of high school students to prison to meet people their age. Here’s what I saw.
The detainees don’t often get asked for their prayers.
Posted inFaith, News
After cremation, what should you do with the ashes?
Cardinal Gerhard Muller said church law has not specified exactly what should be done with “cremains.”
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Can Catholics reconcile scattering ashes and the resurrection?
A desire to return to nature need not be labeled “un-Christian.” Ashes to ashes, after all.