American pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed her most recent music video in a Catholic church, but Catholic iconography has long been the basis for pop songs with sexual themes and erotic imagery.
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‘Why do I stay?’ A young Catholic feminist on a church plagued by scandal
The ongoing sexual abuse scandal involving the Rev. Marko Rupnik is another reminder of what the church needs to do to deal with this continuing plague.
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Baltimore’s Archbishop Lori: Bankruptcy was the only way to compensate abuse victims and continue our ministries
Chapter 11 reorganization will help the Archdiocese of Baltimore manage lawsuits from historic cases of child sexual abuse without abandoning its ministries.
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Leader dedicated to making communities safer to receive award from Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Ivonn Rivera is the winner of the Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership 2023 Award for her “leadership in fighting poverty and injustice in the United States through community-based solutions,”
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Cardinal Dolan: In Defense of Culture Warriors
Sometimes ‘culture warriors’ are necessary. The Catholic Church in the United States has had occasion in our history to be more Ezekiel-like in its approach to culture.
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New head of Catholic Charities continues its humanitarian mission at the border and around the United States
Kerry Alys Robinson began her tenure as chief executive of Catholic Charities USA with a visit to agencies along the southwest border. “I wanted to see firsthand what the realities were,” she explained.
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In Boston, Cardinal O’Malley urges assistance to newly arriving migrants ahead of winter
Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston is urging local Catholics to contribute resources for migrants arriving in Massachusetts, calling the situation a “major humanitarian and societal crisis.”
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Podcast: The power of vulnerability when preaching in a retreat or parish setting
In this “Preach” episode, Sarah Hansman delivers a homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, and shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., how her corporate experience prepared her to take risks and practice vulnerability in preaching.
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Podcast: A synod insider on evangelization and World Mission Sunday
In this bonus episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle interviews Inés San Martín, the former Rome bureau chief of Crux and current vice president of marketing and communications at the Vatican’s U.S. missionary fundraising organ.
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Man who killed 6-year-old Palestinian boy in Illinois is a Catholic parishioner
Joseph Czuba of Plainfield, Illinois, and his wife are members of St. Mary Immaculate Parish.