Nation-states have modeled a holistic approach that involves all who were affected by injustice and may contribute to a solution. The church can do the same as a response to the clerical sex abuse crisis.
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Bitcoin blessings: Inside the curious world of Catholic crypto enthusiasts
Electronic encryption allows people to keep a list of information secure and untouchable by centralized powers. To some investors and speculators, and apparently to some Catholics, that possibility holds enormous appeal.
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Vatican defrocks Father Frank Pavone for blasphemous posts, disobedience
Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life, has been laicized by the Vatican for his social media posts and disobedience to his bishop.
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The death penalty’s 2022 lowlight: a record number of botched executions
According to the Death Penalty Information Center: “Seven of the 20 execution attempts were visibly problematic—an astonishing 37 percent—as a result of executioner incompetence, failures to follow protocols, or defects in the protocols themselves.”
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Is the Latin Mass more reverent? Our readers respond.
Responses to Kerry Weber’s “Stop saying the Latin Mass is more reverent” were varied, with strong feelings on both sides. These are a selection of reader reactions.
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What the eucharistic revival means to me as a Catholic convert
Given that so many converts come into the church precisely because they have discovered the Eucharist, it seems sensible we should listen to them especially.
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What meeting Pope Francis taught me about pastoral care
Pastoralidad is not a normal word in Spanish any more than pastorality is in English. Yet as soon as you hear it, you know what it means, or at least you think you do.
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Republicans accuse Catholic Charities of breaking the law in its border response
Catholic Charities USA officials pushed back strongly against allegations from Republican House of Representatives members that its humanitarian responses to the U.S. border crisis were potentially criminal acts.
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Sister Pat Daly, whose ministry held corporations accountable to their customers and the planet, dies at 67
Sister Daly spent parts of five decades as a religious in corporate accountability and shareholder advocacy.
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Chicago’s Michael Pfleger cleared by church officials of abuse claim
A prominent Roman Catholic priest known for his activism has been reinstated as leader of his Chicago parish after being cleared by church officials of allegations that he sexually abused a minor decades ago.