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The Kids Are Alright
On November 26, 2014, a post was made on what was then Twitter by the user @dril (one of the individuals at the forefront of what was affectionately referred to …
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A Parent’s Dilemma: ‘We Raised Them Catholic — Why Did They Drift?’
Cover of ‘Family Faith Under Fire: Practical Answers to Everyday Challenges’ by Dr. Ray Guarendi An excerpt from ‘Family Faith Under Fire’ by Dr. Ray Guarendi
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“Feminist manifesto” by Catholic author focuses on the dignity of dependence
(Image: Notre Dame Press / undpress.nd.edu) Leah Libresco Sargeant is a Catholic author, speaker, wife, and mother based in Maryland. She is also a Yale University graduate, the author of …
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The Cave, the Phone, and Christmas
The calendar year draws onward to its end even as we Christians find ourselves already living the new liturgical year. Time is not the same in the City of God …
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Rejoice, for Jesus is our hope, Pope tells pilgrims on Gaudete Sunday (Dicastery for Communication)
Addressing pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for yesterday’s Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo reflected on the Gospel reading at Mass (Matthew 11:2-11) and said that Christ “opens the eyes …
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Vatican publishes book on progress of Methodist-Catholic dialogue (Vatican News)
The Vatican Publishing House has published We Believe in One God: Sixty years of Methodists and Catholics walking together, a work compiled by the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission. “Our Commission …
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Martyrs beatified in Spain, France (CWN)
Three groups of martyrs were beatified in two separate Masses on December 13.
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Federal funds pulled from Catholic Charities on US/Mexico border
The organization run by Missionary Sr. Norma Pimentel has previously attracted scrutiny from conservatives who have accused agencies of promoting illegal immigration.
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Podcast: Mary shows us her journey of nonviolence this Advent
This week on “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear offers an Advent reflection on Mary’s three movements of the spiritual life — starting with contemplative nonviolence, moving to active nonviolence …
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A small ceremony in Kenya is challenging centuries of cutting and changing what it means to become a woman
A growing network of Catholic sisters in Samburu is introducing an alternative initiation ceremony that is slowly reducing female genital cutting in one of the country’s most resistant regions.