Pope Francis will travel to Portugal for World Youth Day in the first week of August and include a stop at the popular Marian shrine in Fatima, the Vatican confirmed.
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‘Many of us have lived this’: Our readers on why you should take your kids to Mass
Readers respond to Sherry Antonetti, who wrote about the challenges she faces as a mother when taking her teenagers to Mass. Many readers had similar experiences.
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Pope Francis’ prep advice for World Youth Day: talk to your grandparents first
In a video message, Pope Francis told young people going to World Youth Day in August should consult their grandparents on how to prepare.
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Why I take my teens to Mass—even when they struggle with Catholicism
I hope their belief will deepen. And I hope that my fellow Catholics in the pews will demonstrate that the wider church wants them there too.
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In High School, in Recovery: The spiritual and practical challenges facing teens with addiction
Kolbe Academy in Bath, Pa., was the only Catholic recovery school in the United States. It is closing its doors because it could not find enough students like Pete, who said he had hit rock bottom and wanted to get sober.
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There’s a mental crisis among teens. The Catholic Church needs to respond.
The crisis for teens is both psychological and spiritual, and it demands a response from both mental health and faith communities. How do we make our church again a place of belonging for young people who are hurting?
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North America synod document calls the church to welcome women, LGBT people and youth
With church leaders slated to meet in October for the next phase of the Synod on Synodality, the bishops conferences of the U.S. and Canada released a report summarizing the virtual meetings conducted with lay and ordained Catholics earlier this year.
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Sister Nathalie Becquart will be the first woman to vote with bishops at a synod. Her advice for young women? Listen.
Becquart has been traveling the globe in recent weeks as an ambassador for the Synod on Synodality, planned for October in Rome.
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Catholic faith has plummeted in Ireland. But Dominicans and lay educators see hope for a revival.
Even after decades of Ireland’s rapid societal secularization, clergy and laypeople have cause for optimism about the renewal of the Catholic faith first brought to the Emerald Isle by St. Patrick in 432.
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Taking the pulse of Latino Catholics on LGBT issues, young people and women’s leadership
The changing demographics of the Catholic Church in the United States raises the question: How well do Cardinal Robert McElroy’s views reflect the various perspectives present in the growing Latino community?