Advocates from three faith traditions lobbied together for a program that would help fund science and math education in New York state’s religious schools.

A Reflection for the Twenty-seventh Thursday in Ordinary Time, by Cristobal Spielmann

We cannot help but draw dividing lines, but the Gospel wants us to know that they are our lines, not God’s. They are a consequence of sin’s entrance in the world.

Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch apologized for offending people and said he never intended to imply that supporters of the German church’s Synodal Path were acting similar to a group of Christian supporters of the Nazis in the 1930s.

“It is important to know ourselves, to know the passwords of our heart, what we are most sensitive to, in order to protect ourselves from those who present themselves with persuasive words to manipulate us.”

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke