1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (677+ words) I never expected to be producing a show that stares straight at the Catholic Church's crisis of sexual abuse and cover-up, but right now it feels necessary in a way I cannot ignore. This piece is for anyone who has…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (572+ words) WASHINGTON (RNS) " Some 40-plus Catholic Democrats in Congress have issued what amounts to a theological rebuke of House Speaker Mike Johnson's scriptural defense for President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, outlining a series of religious principles as a deadline looms…...

19+ hour, 24+ min ago   (457+ words) Matthew Becklo's "The Way of Heaven and Earth: From Either/Or to the Catholic Both/And,' argues that the Catholic tradition is not about falling into a binary of heaven and earth, but ascending with both. Do you know that…...

1+ day, 38+ min ago   (265+ words) Our readers had much to say in response. An evil man has been brought to justice. This is cause for commendation, not condemnation. Be glad. I'm wondering what a political prisoner, who is sitting'unjustly'in a Venezuelan jail, would say if…...

1+ day, 44+ min ago   (199+ words) Like so many, I have been thinking about and praying for people in Minneapolis for the past month. Certainly, that includes praying for an end to the "indiscriminate mass deportation of people," as the U.S. bishops described it in their November…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (927+ words) A Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary TimeReadings: Sirach 15:15-20" 1 Corinthians 2:6-10" Matthew 5:17-37 While he served as Lord Chancellor, Thomas More was the second most powerful man in England, behind only King Henry VIII." In his play about the martyred saint, "A…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (99+ words) Blessed are they who follow the way of the LORD!" Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Sir 15:15-20, Ps 119, 1 Cor 2:6-10, Mt 5:15-37 Do you experience any of the decrees of our Catholic tradition that bring you closer to our God? In what way…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1197+ words) (OSV News) "An Indiana bishop is urging the University of Notre Dame to halt the appointment of a faculty member, who advocates openly for abortion, as head of one of the school's research centers. The matter highlights the role of…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (518+ words) Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (234+ words) The Canadian diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore once wrote that by the mid-1970s, "after the pope, Marcinkus was arguably the most powerful man in the Vatican." When asked years later why he was embroiled in so many controversies during his tenure, Archbishop…...