Catholic chaplains fighting a different battle in World War I: the fight against Spanish influenza
Ministry
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.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
We need to stop separating seminarians from lay ministers in formation
Pope Francis has criticized clerics who are “far from the people.” One solution, writes Stacey Noem of the University of Notre Dame, is to better integrate candidates for the priesthood with lay students.
Posted inFaith, News
Synod groups propose an Amazonian rite and new ministries for women
Creating an Amazonian-rite liturgy and new ministries for laypeople, including the ordination of women deacons, are some of the recurring proposals made by small groups at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Breaking Bread on the Road
In rural America, shrinking parishes have to share priests. That’s nothing to fear.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
In Coachella Valley, Catholic Church ministers to indigenous Purépechas
Members of nonprofit Catholic missionary groups have traveled the Eastern Coachella Valley area, seeking to connect with the indigenous Purépecha community.