Despite the irreverent “homecoming” funeral for actor and author Cecilia Gentili not going as planned, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he believes the “cathedral acted extraordinarily well.”
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Posted inDispatches, Faith
This Chicago chef teaches inmates to cook. Pope Francis told him to keep going.
He said he told the pope, “I could spend all day here talking to you,” and Francis replied, “So could I!”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
When my siblings died by suicide, the church failed us. Now, it’s finally listening.
The gift of my Catholic faith is one I cherish above all others. And, yet, how do I love a church that once considered my brother and sister to be unworthy of eternal life with God?
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Bipartisan child tax credit deal could reverse a historic spike in child poverty
The child tax credit enhancements will lift as many as 400,000 children above the poverty line in 2024 and move an additional 3 million U.S. children in deep poverty closer to the poverty line.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholics are politically divided about the 2024 election. That’s an opportunity for the church.
The Catholic partisan divide provides an opportunity for the church to model proper civic behavior.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Smith may already be dead by the time you read this.
Alabama plans to put an industrial-grade respirator mask over Mr. Smith’s face and replace his breathing air with pure nitrogen gas, causing him to die from lack of oxygen. He will not be rendered unconscious before the procedure begins.
Posted inFaith, Features
Archbishop Ireland’s ambitious plan for Catholic schools failed in his day. Could we resurrect it today?
From a Catholic perspective, it is fair to say that Archbishop John Ireland put Minnesota on the map. But he failed in his most cherished project: a new model for Catholic education.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Clericalism isn’t the only thing stopping the Catholic Church from embracing synodality
We must all learn to change our mindset regarding our role and participation in ecclesial life if we want to experience a truly synodal church.
Posted inFaith, News
Sexual abuse case against defrocked Cardinal McCarrick suspended in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin judge suspended charges against defrocked Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, accused of sexually assaulting a boy in the 1970s, ruling he is incompetent for trial because of dementia.
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Vatican asks US bishops to hold new rounds of Synod on Synodality listening sessions
Vatican’s Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops has provided two guiding questions regarding the “successes and distresses” and “structures and organization“ of the church to discuss ahead of the second session of the synod.