Pope Francis said he knows "it often annoys people" when he promotes Catholic teaching on social issues like poverty, migration and ecology, but he is going to keep doing so because the Gospel demands it. "Principles ...
Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny and Father Christian Barone, an Italian theologian, joined forces to explain the theological and pastoral foundations of Pope Francis' social teaching, its connection to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council ...
Launched Aug. 16, the Archdiocese of Washington's action plan to promote "an integral ecology" includes practical ways that parishes, Catholic schools and institutions, and individuals and families can care for creation, drawing on environmental science ...
Of the many changes and additions to our American English lexicon in recent years, the near universal adoption of “woke” and “wokeism” is without question among the most dramatic. The adjective was officially entered into ...
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee welcomed the extension of the federal eviction moratorium and an increase in nutrition assistance to families struggling through the coronavirus pandemic. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma ...
In a new essay, Joe Grabowski looks at the rising support for socialistic programs in the United States and asks: Is socialism something that Catholics can support? While the magisterium of the Church is clear, ...
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, in a Feb. 6 speech at the University of San Diego, said "the drive to label a single issue preeminent" in the 2020 election "distorts the call ...
Polarization in the United States has increased dramatically in recent decades. At a Georgetown University event on polarization in a “broken Church and nation,” John Carr, the director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought ...
To the American media, Pope Francis is an enigma wrapped inside a conundrum. When the present Holy Father condemns unfettered capitalism, the political left cheers, while the political right looks on askance. But when Francis ...
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Letters to a Young Catholic: How to find joy
In the final installment of Letters to a Young Catholic, Lenny DeLorenzo offers a lesson in how to find joy. H...
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