‘We are bridge builders’: Maronite Catholic youth gather in Lebanon
The July 15-25 event, organized by the Maronite Patriarchate Youth Pastoral Office, followed the World Youth Day model.
What’s next: Catholics, America and a world made new
In a talk today Archbishop Charles Chaput outlines 11 observations on today's culture, and a three-fold path forward: carve out silence that allows for God's voice; make room for prayer; and unplug from media in order to read a good book.
Would military action against the Islamic State be just?
Replying to question on a thorny contemporary issue, Father Ken Doyle points to ancient and new Catholic teaching that argues for making military response an absolutely last possible resort.
Parishes need to welcome and involve their young adults
Elise and Christopher had different experiences of Catholic life -- some good, some not -- but both see the necessity of getting young adults involved in the parish, beginning with the parish council.
International gathering celebrates 50 years of baptism in the Spirit
Followers of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal came back to where it all began. Some 6,200 of them gathered for the 2017 Jubilee Conference July 20-23 in Pittsburgh under the theme of "Rivers of Living Water."
Canada’s Jesuits, indigenous hope canoe trip can foster reconciliation
The path to reconciliation between Canada and its First Nations' people will ultimately be a long journey, but the road to healing a schism developed over 400 years needs to start somewhere.
French priest’s martyrdom a life-changing event, archbishop says
The martyrdom of a French priest killed a year ago while celebrating Mass was an event that "has transformed me as a bishop," Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen said.
Theologians in Italy studying development of ‘Humanae Vitae’
Four theologians specializing in marriage and family life are studying Vatican archival material with a view of telling the whole story of how and why Blessed Paul VI wrote his encyclical "Humanae Vitae" on married love.
Vatican shuts down fountains as Rome deals with drought
While Rome reels from one of its worst droughts in decades, the Vatican is doing its part to conserve water by shutting down the city-state's 100 fountains.
Welcoming new auxiliary a ‘wonderfully happy day,’ says archbishop
Bernard E. "Ned" Shlesinger III, the 56-year-old new bishop, most recently the director of spiritual formation at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, will soon be Atlanta's only auxiliary.