Canadian bishops hear from Latin American archbishop about building a synodal church at annual plenary
The whole concept of synodality came from the Vatican to Canada, while in Latin America and the Caribbean it was an outgrowth of existing church culture, two bishops noted.
Pope Leo’s communications day theme highlights risks of the ‘attention economy’ in the age of clickbait
“To communicate in the age of ‘clickbait,’ we are called to ‘pay attention’ and to rediscover a genuinely healthy attention,” the Dicastery for Communication said today.
Archbishop Gomez: 100 years later, we must remember the martyrs of Mexico’s anti-Catholic persecutions
During the persecutions that followed the Mexican Revolution of 1917, priests were executed by firing squad. Ordinary Catholics, even teenagers, were imprisoned, tortured and murdered.
Pope Leo is not ‘in panic mode’ about an A.I. catastrophe, but ‘we can’t just sit back’ and do nothing
The pope made the comments during an in-flight press conference on his return trip to Rome from France the evening of Sept. 28.
I was too young to watch Fulton Sheen on TV. But we’re all still benefitting from his witness.
Although Sheen stepped away from television broadcasting in 1968, his message is still being transmitted generations later.
What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus?
On this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast, James Martin, S.J., is joined by an experienced spiritual director, Susan Stabile, who spent many years practicing Buddhism before returning to the Catholic faith in which she was raised.
Be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
Why do we suffer? Religion and science may now agree.
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, by Sebastian Gomes
Pope Leo: Europe must return to path of dialogue, not military buildup
Pope Leo urged European leaders to courageously choose peaceful dialogue and guard themselves against the illusion that military buildups are the answer to conflict.
Pope Leo meets with survivors of abuse in Lourdes
Pope Leo met with seven victims of sex abuse this evening in Lourdes, spending two hours with them in a meeting described by survivors as emotional.
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