In ‘The Dangers of Christian Practice,’ Lauren Winner shows that even our holiest religious practices create characteristic distortions.
Sacraments
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Will Pope Francis allow married priests?
What exactly is Pope Francis suggesting?
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: Why was Jesus baptized?
Did you ever wonder why Jesus was baptized? What sins did Jesus have to repent of? Nothing.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What if John the Baptist were a blogger?
And what would millennial Jesus make of the comments section?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Andre Dubus’s challenging but beautifully written stories have been reissued
Dubus was an irascible, loyal, loving, smoking, hard-drinking, hard-punching, tender man, who demanded much of himself and others.
Posted inFaith, News
Indian Catholic leaders protest call to ban sacrament of reconciliation
India’s Catholic Church has led a chorus of protest over a demand to ban the sacrament of reconciliation from the chairwoman of the National Commission for Women.
Posted inFaith, Generation Faith
I wanted to become a Catholic. But first I had to give up the Eucharist—and porn.
At the start of my senior year of college, I was taking the Eucharist every day. The problem was, I was not Catholic.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Individual bishops must decide about Communion for Protestants married to Catholics
During an inflight news conference June 21, the pope was asked about his recent decision requesting the Catholic bishops’ conference of Germany not publish nationwide guidelines for allowing Communion for such couples.
Posted inFaith, News
Indiana diocese ordains five priests, largest class since 1975
With words of welcome into a new friendship with Jesus, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades ordained five men to the priesthood in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.