It’s far too early to be weighing in on the 2020 presidential election. After all, we still have more than a year of madness to go before we cast ballots next fall. But ignoring Beto ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is not a “referendum” on priestly celibacy; it is looking for ways to provide for the sacramental life and formation of the people there, ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw turns to Saint Thomas Aquinas as he seeks to find answers in the difficulties of impeachment. Shaw writes: “Saint Thomas’s treatment does make it clear that voting either ...
Holding hands during the Our Father seems to have emerged from AA meetings, where it remains a common practice today writes Msgr. Charles Pope in this week’s Pastoral Answers. That’s why it was associated with ...
WASHINGTON (CNS) — It’s a pastoral letter that pulls no punches, goes far into the past and continues up to the recent present of racism at the U.S.-Mexico border. Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The first week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw support for the priestly ordination of married indigenous men, impassioned pleas for respect for indigenous culture and denunciations of ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saints are people who recognized their need for God’s help, who took risks to discover God’s will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, Pope Francis said. ...
While all priests receive a stipend or a salary, it depends on whether they are a part of a religious order or a diocese. Religious priests take a vow of poverty, so their stipend is ...
In this Sunday’s readings, we hear about the 10 lepers who are healed by Jesus. Yet, only one — a Samaritan — returns to thank God. This reading reminds us to give thanks to God ...
By contrast with the Supreme Court term that ended last June, which court watchers pronounced comparatively bland, the term that starts in October is shaping up as explosive. Already the court has agreed to rule ...
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