Recently, an independent commission in France charged with investigating the history of abuse by clergy and Church leaders in the country released a thoroughly detailed report that found more than two hundred thousand cases of ...
Professor and author Adam DeVille explores the conflicting emotions friends and parishioners have when a priest is accused of sexual abuse. He writes: “It can be wrenching when you show up at Sunday Mass expecting ...
Adam A. J. DeVille writes, “Our time in this pandemic has presented us with even more opportunities to love and serve people who are suffering in so many ways. The one key lesson I have ...
Writer Adam DeVille writes that “when daily life is disrupted in ways none of us has ever lived through, self-care becomes crucial not just for frontline personnel in hospitals, but all of us dealing with ...
Adam A.J. DeVille writes: “In our particular cultural moment today ... we have not yet found ways to process so much death and grief — and their close comrade, rage, which is often the mask ...
Several times in the past weeks I’ve seen Catholics on social media denounce the removal of statues in the United States, the United Kingdom and Belgium as acts of ‘iconoclasm,’ using that theological term from ...
In the midst of a church and culture still reeling from seemingly endless revelations of abuse, Adam DeVille asks: Are our needs today better served by refusing to commemorate people like Jean Vanier, rubbishing all ...
Recently a Rhode Island priest compared abortion to clergy sex abuse, saying that “pedophilia doesn’t kill anyone.” However, author Adam DeVille writes that it has become overwhelmingly clear that not only is abuse is one ...
After recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York, we look to the Church’s vocal stance against such hatred. Since Pope Pius XI in 1938, popes have spoken out against anti-Semitism, saying such actions are contrary to ...
Writer Adam DeVille suggests that too often there is a negative stigma attached to seeking assistance with mental health issues, but he writes that counseling and therapy can help us to lose our false assumptions ...
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Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andr...
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Once Mass is over, does your church become a social free-for-all? Ava Lalor addresses this issue — both the limitation of church buildings & why we need to instill reverence in our sacred spaces
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Are we turning Christ's house into a meeting place?
A few columns back, Ava Lalor wrote about how we can pray the Mass well, offering some ideas for how to prep...
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