The mother of five and wife of comedian Jim Gaffigan said she has a charism and a vocation to work with post-confirmation teens
Sacraments
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Decline in baptisms leads Quebec church to rethink children’s spirituality
Baptisms in Quebec have significantly declined in since 2012 and there’s no indication the trend will reverse.
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Two new books on salvation ask the ultimate question: Are you saved?
Two new books show that Christian approaches to salvation are not as monolithic as one might think.
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Cardinal Dolan: I would not have denied Joe Biden Communion
While saying the priest who denied Joseph R. Biden communion “had a good point,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he would not have done so himself.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: When can someone be denied the Eucharist?
When is it permissible, acceptable or prudent to deny the Eucharist to someone?
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Joe Biden denied Communion at Mass during campaign stop in South Carolina
“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” Father Robert Morey wrote in a statement responding to queries from the Florence Morning News.
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Is there a shortage of sacramental care for the elderly in the U.S.?
“Up until the last five or 10 years, Mass was offered every day. Then it was hard to get priests [every day]; then it was hard to get priests on the weekend. There were [fewer priests] in the parishes and they were being stretched thin.”
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Why Catholic bishops in Europe are concerned about the rise of ‘nature burials’
“These options are in no way Christian: to anonymously scatter ashes in nature, air or water; to install an urn in a private home or apartment; to bury remains in a private garden; or to divide ashes into multiple ‘remembrance objects,’” the bishops wrote, also criticizing the trend to convert loved ones’ ashes into jewelry.
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Australian states will require priests to report abuse disclosed in confession
Two more Australian states have passed legislation criminalizing priests who fail to report the abuse of children disclosed during confession.
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How grace transcends conflict in ‘West Side Story’ (and beyond)
All violence flows in some way from a failure to understand that our infinite desire for love can be satisfied only by the one who alone is the infinite source of that desire, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.