Aug. 21, 2022, the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: Though today's Gospel can sound exclusionary, we should also hear Jesus' focus on the broadness and openness of the kingdom.
From Father Andrew Greeley in 1989: The R.C.I.A. has converted the sacramental experience into an obstacle course, a series of barriers to be surmounted, a list of tests to be passed.
Pope Francis has met with a fourth group of transgender people who found shelter at a Rome church, the Vatican newspaper reported Thursday. L’Osservatore Romano said the encounter took place Wednesday on the sidelines of Francis’ weekly general audience.