Even decades after McCarrick’s abuse, seminaries are still learning how best to equip their students to recognize and report inappropriate behavior. A new working group wants to help.
Ministry
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Covid-19 has forced campus ministry to enter a new era of digital spirituality. It’s going O.K.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused campus ministries around the country to reassess how to best minister to their students.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
Father Greg Boyle: Hilton foundation prize is ‘validation’ of all Homeboy Industries does
The prize, which is $2.5 million in unrestricted funds, also “strengthens our resolve to create a community of kinship and healing in Los Angeles,” Father Greg Boyle said in a statement. “All of us at Homeboy Industries are profoundly humbled by the Hilton Foundation’s recognition.”
Posted inFaith, GoodNews
Less pizza, more phone calls: Youth ministry after Covid-19
Helping parishes learn how to livestream. Writing letters. Youth ministry has changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
From 1918: Army Chaplains and the Epidemic
Catholic chaplains fighting a different battle in World War I: the fight against Spanish influenza
Posted inFaith, Features
How economic uncertainty is taking a spiritual toll on today’s young adults
Times of financial stress or uncertainty seem like a natural time to turn to one’s faith, but it can also be one of the most difficult times to do so.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
A University of Cambridge research project takes a frank look at clericalism and sexuality
While there has been much discussion of clericalism and sexual abuse, writes Catherine R. Osborne, the ability of clergy to maintain a “harmonious relation to sexuality” is relatively unexamined territory.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
World AIDS Day and the premiere of ‘Plague’
“Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church,” an ambitious podcast created and hosted by America’s national correspondent, Michael J. O’Loughlin, premiers Dec. 1.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Cardinal Cupich: How can we end clerical sex abuse and purify the church?
We should be fearless in making clear that tolerating clergy sexual abuse stands in total contradiction to the core of the Gospel message.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The faith that made Mr. Rogers a great evangelist
Asked in 1986 to describe himself, Fred Rogers listed off a long catalog of descriptors, including performer and television producer, but he concluded with “a husband and a father. And I am a minister.”