Despite months of pre-election polls showing Catholics backing Hillary Clinton, exit polls show Donald Trump won a majority of Catholic votes on Tuesday.
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Posted inPolitics & Society
Black Catholics bear witness to a gentrified Oakland
St. Columba began celebrating Black Catholic History Month and Kwanzaa alongside the regular events in the liturgical calendar.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Meet Pope Francis’ surprising pick to lead the Archdiocese of Newark
Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Discerning a New Role
“Well, she read in the newspaper that you pick up after yourself and you cook your own food and wash your own clothes,” Archbishop Tobin recalled telling him. “She’s had it up to here with the sort of monarchic church!”The future pope laughed, and the remarks apparently
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How Alcoholics Anonymous is Connecting People to God
In this week’s podcast Bill McGarvey speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about how Alcoholics Anonymous is connecting people to God outside of the church. For Bill McGarvey, many of the most grounded and spiritually open people he knows are members of A.A. In an age where fewer people are willing to affiliate with institutional […]
Posted inFaith, News
The seminary class at St. John’s in Boston is growing, so is the need for space
The seminary will buy back more than 13,000 square feet of space from Boston College.
Posted inEditorials, Español
¿Cómo debe reaccionar la Iglesia cuando sus empleados homosexuales se casan? Despedirlos no es la respuesta.
¿Cómo puede la Iglesia continuar a sostener sus ministerios y ser testigo de las verdades eternas de su enseñanza si sus propios empleados no las aceptan todas?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Report: Catholic groups among the wealthiest charities in the U.S.
Catholic Charities USA came in at number five, raising about $2 billion in 2015.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Why we need Catholics telling stories in every possible way
So what defines a Catholic novel? I am still struggling with that question. But I know that that which asks most of us is most worthy of us.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Border walls promote sex trade, not compassion
The only way for resolution “is through solidarity,” where everyone pitches in, says Pope Francis.