The agenda for the Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council was disrupted July 6 after more than 60 of the 277 members staged a protest over issues regarding women in the church.
Religious Life
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FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans
The F.B.I. has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades.
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The only Trappist brewery in the U.S. is closing (and IPAs are to blame)
Belgian-style beers are out and India pale ales rule, so the brothers at St. Joseph‘s Abbey in Massachusetts will need to find other sources of revenue.
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Pope Francis changes canon law to allow lay brothers to lead religious orders with priests
Granting an exception to canon law, Pope Francis said men’s communities that are made up of both priests and brothers can choose one of the brothers to be a provincial superior or even the superior general.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Is a Catholic university still Catholic when the priests, brothers and sisters have left?
As the numbers of priests and consecrated women and men available for ministry continue to dwindle, religious orders are seeking out models that ensure their respective missions and charisms.
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Podcast: Life as a married Catholic priest — and why most preaching is terrible
Father Joshua Whitfield on his vocation as a husband, father and priest, and why most Catholic homilies are just plain awful.
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Villanova Wildcats: a team inspired by St. Augustine
When I look at the values Villanova exemplified in order to continue their success, two words come to mind: Augustinian and Christian.
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Bishop Flores loves his dog—but he thinks Pope Francis is right about pets
The alleged papal puppy putdown raised the question: Is there a spiritual component to owning an animal?
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When it comes to Christian unity, these Franciscans were ahead of their time—and their mission continues
Fifty miles north of New York City, the Friars and Sisters of the Atonement—the founders of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity—continue their tradition of unifying Christians and mending souls.
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‘He left in peace’: Trappist monk, last survivor of the Algerian monastery massacre, dies at 97
Father Jean-Pierre Schumacher died 10 minutes after receiving the anointing of the sick at the start of a Mass for the feast of Christ of the King.