When is a sacramental marriage truly consummated?
Sacraments
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis explains why he celebrated the airborne marriage of two flight attendants
“I judged they were prepared. They knew what they were doing.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why you should care about the gluten-free Communion fight—even if you eat wheat
It is not always as easy spiritually to receive Communion as it is physically.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: What the “new” Vatican rules on gluten-free hosts mean
Odds are, if your parish provides a “gluten-free” host, it is actually just using a low-gluten host.
Posted inFaith, Synod on the Family
Top 10 takeaways from “Amoris Laetitia”
Pope Francis’s groundbreaking new document asks the church to meet people where they are and to consider the complexities of people’s lives, to consider the complexities of people’s lives and to respect people’s consciences.
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Confirmation Bias: Rethinking the sequence of the sacraments
What is the appropriate age for Catholic children baptized in infancy to celebrate confirmation? It might seem a relatively minor issue. Yet I believe the great efforts the U.S. Catholic Church has put into the new evangelization, its mission to “invite each Catholic to renew their relationshi
Posted inFaith, Of Other Things
Examining our social sins
A Lenten reflection on the collective sins of racism, violence and environmental destruction.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Joseph Ratzinger: The local church and the universal church
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger responds to a 2001 America article by Cardinal Walter Kasper on the relationship between the universal church and local churches.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The sacramentality of adoption
Adoption is sacramental, revealing to humanity the possibility of divine love.
Posted inFaith, Features
When priests hear about sex abuse in confession, should they be forced to report it?
Addressing new legal challenges to the seal of confession.