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FaithNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
At their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops approved a three-year eucharistic revival that will culminate with the National Eucharistic Congress 2024 in Indianapolis.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
At the trial’s fourth session Nov. 17, defense lawyer Luigi Panella argued that conversations between the prosecution and Pope Francis regarding the case should be included in the evidence.
An activist wearing a protective mask takes part in a protest outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 12, 2021. (CNS photo/Dylan Martinez, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Glasgow was meant to deliver what Paris had begun. Instead, as its last days ground on, discontent and disappointment were rising.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A mystic declaration links all its cosmography to a concrete moment in history.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
After months of speculation that the document could offer guidance to empower individual bishops to deny Communion to pro-choice politicians, the document only obliquely references Catholics in public life.
In a still taken from “Unguarded” (© Camino NYC Productions), courtesy of its director of photography Bruno Tiezzi, a “recuperando,” for “those in recovery,” stands before the entrance to the prison, over which hangs the APAC slogan: “Here enters the person, the crime stays outside.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Stephen G. Adubato
Criminals “are not dangerous people. They are only people who are not sufficiently loved.”
FaithNews
Sara Badilini - Associated Press
Every year in Italy, more and more people choose to go through the process of de-baptism, made available by the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics, to formalize their abandonment of the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis blesses a woman during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
Joseph teaches us this: “Do not look so much at the things that the world praises, look into the corners, look in the shadows, look at the peripheries, at what the world does not want.”
A scene from ‘Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers.’ (Photo © AAPROPHOTO)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Kathryn Post – Religion News Service
The director and creator Dallas Jenkins speaks about why this fresh take on the Christmas story might be especially needed now.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
In almost 20 books published over half a century, Barry Lopez always maintained a tight focus on the interconnectedness—and spiritual value—of all life, from the smallest mushroom to the largest forest.
FaithNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
Archbishop Christophe Pierre spoke to the U.S. bishops Nov. 16 about the importance of listening to people in the church and being open to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Arts & CultureMusic
Doug Girardot
Whereas once Adele’s music exuded humility, “One Night Only” showed me someone who has become so embedded in the cultural exclusivity of Hollywood that she is no longer relatable.
A protest near the White House in Washington in July called for freedom in Cuba and urged U.S. President Joe Biden to do more to pressure the Cuban regime. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“Every Cuban should be able to freely and respectfully express and share his personal opinions, his thoughts or his convictions, even when he disagrees with the majority,” the bishops said.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
“We all need God to help us to make sense of our lives, so when we try to live without God, we can become confused,” Archbishop Gomez explained.
FaithNews
George P. Matysek, Jr. - Catholic News Service
Many carried signs emblazoned with “Enforce Canon 915,” a section of church law that they believe requires the denial of Communion to Catholic politicians who support legal abortion.
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a leading expert on child protection, speaks during a symposium at Fordham University in New York City, March 26, 2019.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The Catholic Church must do a better job instructing priests on what to do if a victim recounts his or her abuse in the confessional and in the unlikely case that an abuser confesses, said Hans Zollner, S.J.
Fordham Prep students collect donations for the Great Ignatian Challenge in 2019. The annual holiday food drive, which now takes place at 15 Jesuit schools, also raises money for financial assistance programs at thge participating schools. (Christopher Lauber/Fordham Prep)
FaithJesuit School Spotlight
Maurice Timothy Reidy
Jim Rowen discusses the genesis of the Great Ignatian Challenge, a yearly competition among Jesuit high schools to see which institution can bring in the most donations for local charities.
FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
That morale is down for priests across the country is not exactly stop-the-presses material. But I wonder if it isn’t the canary in the coal mine of the Catholic Church today.
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FaithLetters
Thomas John PaprockiKevin W. Vann
The Most Rev. Thomas John Paprocki, the bishop of Springfield in Illinois, and the Most Rev. Kevin W. Vann, the bishop of Orange in California, write in response to America’s interview with Senator Durbin.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
“Journalism is not so much a matter of choosing a profession,” the pope said, “but rather of embarking on a mission, a bit like a doctor, who studies and works to cure evil in the world.”