If we think the Benedict Option is going to be easier than the messy reality of modern parish life, we have not yet seen it clearly.
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Victim advocates are wary of new priest abuse victims program.
The New York archdiocese’s program lets people take claims to a noted outside mediator while keeping painful details private.
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Why has Chicago failed to honor the grave of Emmet Till?
After one of my own teenage students was murdered, Emmett Till’s grave became a place of occasional pilgrimage for me.
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USCCB leaders call for special day of prayer for migrants and refugees
“So many families are wondering how changes to immigration policy might impact them,” said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
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Jesuit college and university presidents make a pre-emptive defense of DACA ‘dreamers’
The Jesuit presidents wrote they are called “to embrace the entire human family, regardless of their immigration status or religious allegiance.”
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Miami’s archbishop prays for Catholics in Cuba who had to hide their faith
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski remembered the former leader of Cuba and prayed for peace.
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Reading Dante in the Year of Mercy
Dante, praised by Pope Francis as a “prophet of hope,” beautifully conveys the spirit of the Year of Mercy.
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Cardinal Dolan urges stronger effort to stop physician-assisted suicide
“The act of prescribing a fatal, poisonous dose, moreover, undermines the very heart of medicine.”
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Chicago cardinal seals new relationship with Rome’s island parish
“The image of an island is a very beautiful one and is very significant. It is a place of refuge from waters that are turbulent, a refuge for those people who have the courage to approach it from any side.”
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New American cardinals condemn polarization inside the church
“We’ve become too polarized…We’ve believed that we’ve become gods on both sides, on the left and on the right, and neither one of them are correct.”