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Arts & CultureTelevision
Sarah Vincent
Despite its first three seasons of ambitious, campy, violent fun, “Killing Eve” lost its way in its final season with a failed conversion subplot and problematic treatment of queer characters.
FaithNews
The Associated Press
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen has become the first in Germany to allow women to perform baptisms, citing a lack of priests.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
While the church teaches that baptism is indeed necessary for salvation, God does not need us to complete a ritual in order to care for our children.
A penitent receives ashes at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City during Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 17, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
FaithFaith and Reason
Bruce T. Morrill
Ash Wednesday isn’t a holy day of obligation, but in English-speaking countries, it still has a powerful draw even for Catholics who are otherwise non-practicing.
The Rev. Andrés Arango, speaks with a parishioner inside St. Gregory Catholic Church, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Phoenix after a baptism “do-over.”
FaithNews
Jacques Billeaud – Associated PressLuis Andres Henao - Associated Press
As the Rev. Andrés Arango poured holy water over the heads of a dozen people on Thursday evening, it represented the beginning of a new ministry for him: healing and helping those he invalidly baptized.
A baby is baptized in this 2007 file photo. Father Andres Arango, pastor of St. Gregory Parish in Phoenix, submitted his resignation letter to Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted Feb. 1, 2022, for performing invalid baptisms throughout his ministry by regularly using an incorrect formula. (CNS photo/Lisa Schulte, Catholic Voice)
FaithDispatches
Eduardo Campos Lima
Members of one of his former communities said they doubt that he used incorrect formulas for sacraments while he worked there, and many of them recall him fondly as one of the most important priests in their lives.