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FaithNews
Controversy and deep division continue in an Indian archdiocese over the direction the priest faces during the celebration of the liturgy.
FaithNews
Bishop Valério’s nomination came as a surprise to many since Pope Francis had named Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, a cardinal on July 9. It had been wrongly presumed then that the pope would appoint the cardinal-elect as the new patriarch after the World Youth Day celebrations.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, by Brigid McCabe
FaithThe Word
August 13, 2023, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sunday’s readings highlight two servants of the Lord from different eras. One runs away from his ministry as prophet, while the other sinks before his own identity. But when each one calls for help God listens.
FaithThe Good Word
A Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Terrance Klein
FaithFaith and Reason
Was Teilhard de Chardin a promoter of eugenics? Two scholars debate the question.
FaithEditorials
We must become a church that accompanies its people and is attuned to their hopes, doubts and lived experiences.
FaithSpeeches
In his weekly audience, Pope Francis shares his experiences at World Youth Day in Portugal and what they reveal about today’s young people.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Laura Oldfather
A formal alliance has been forged that will provide multimedia resources that foster critical thinking and promote ethical and religious values, nurturing the next generation of decision-makers and opinion leaders in service of the greater good.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
Why don't we have fallout shelters anymore? It’s a long story, but an editor at America had something to do with it.
FaithDispatches
“I’m an African American woman in a space that is doing the kind of work that…Christ is calling us to do,” Cynthia Bailey Manns, who will participate in the Synod on Synodality as a voting member in October, said in an interview.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Dominic, by Rachel Lu
Politics & SocietyNews
Signaling the Vatican’s growing engagement in efforts to ensure the ethical development of new technologies, the Vatican has announced that “Artificial Intelligence and Peace” will be the theme for the next World Day of Peace.
FaithNews
“I think that there we have a piece of information that is beautiful and a girl who has recovered her sight,” Cardinal Omella said. “Doctors will now have to assess whether or not it was incurable,” the first step in the official declaration of a miracle.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
“I have had two [face-to-face] meetings with Pope Francis, and other members of the government have met him, too,” Ukraine’s President Zelensky said in an interview. “I am most grateful to him for these encounters. He is helping us!”
FaithFaith and Reason
Nearly everything Pope Benedict ever wrote or said in public was visibly animated by a concern to encourage—and to answer—the honest existential questions that young people are brave enough to raise.
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FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithNews
A Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization could be an inevitability for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, according to a statement released Aug. 4 by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.