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Stories From the Silver Screen
In all the years I’ve spent in college classrooms, stretching as far back as the days of pre-digital learning, two things have increasingly stood out about the students I teach, …
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New book by feminist theologian takes on clericalism, racism and the work of repair
The Wounded Church develops what Annie Selak describes as a “feminist ecclesiology of injury,” an approach that begins with lived experiences of harm rather than idealized visions of what the …
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‘Transfiguration’ late in life
My journey choosing a retirement home shares similarities with mountain climbing: the doubts that puncture decisions, the fear of making a huge mistake. But Jesus told me not to be …
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USCCB releases resources for September 9 national prayer day (USCCB)
The U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation released prayer resources, including a holy hour against racism, ahead of September 9, since 2016 the National Day …
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26 priests tell Cardinal Marx that same-sex blessing guidance creates loyalty conflict (Pillar)
Twenty-six priests of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Germany, said in a letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx that his recent instruction to priests to facilitate same-sex blessings was creating …
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Blessings & Struggles of Being a Caregiver
It was a Sunday afternoon when my eldest daughter, Ella, came upstairs to tell me in a worried voice, “Grandpa says he’s going to town. I told him that it …
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St. Vincent de Paul—A good work talked about is a good work spoiled.
A good work talked about is a good work spoiled. — St. Vincent de Paul
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Jul. 25 Feast of St. James, Apostle, Feast
The Feast of St. James, the Apostle, known as the Greater, is celebrated today. The designation “the Greater” is in order to distinguish him from the other Apostle St. James, …
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Archbishop Cordileone, Michigan bishop named to Apostolic Signatura (Vatican Press Office)
Pope Leo XIV today named seven new members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, including Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, California; Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de …
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Laywoman gives joint homily with German bishop despite Vatican ban (Catholic Herald)
A laywoman and a German bishop delivered a joint homily at Mass on July 22, despite the Vatican’s recent reaffirmation that only clergy are permitted to preach homilies during Mass. …