INTERPRETING THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE
We are people of faith. The one constant in the drama of the divine presence in history is the necessity of human response to the saving presence with total trust. The disciples are like most of us — we believe that the Lord is with us, but our trust is quite conditional. In those moments when we find ourselves in crisis, we expect that God will help us. In times of trial, we wait for God’s presence. But maybe we are not looking in the right places. We end up waiting for a God who seems not to come.
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For the Church in Ceuta, the political dimensions are secondary to the immediate human reality. Thousands of people — many of them exhausted, some injured, others grieving — are sleeping in the open in a city that did not expect them and is struggling to receive them. The diocese has opened what resources it has. It has asked for more. And it has named, with unusual clarity, what the rest of the world is still debating how to call.
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Nearly one in five Americans identifies as Catholic, yet many dioceses across the country have closed or consolidated parishes this year due to declining mass attendance, fewer people taking priestly vocations and rising maintenance costs.
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New Diocesan Guidelines for Sharing the Synodal Experience. The new document makes clear that the process it outlines should not be interpreted as a set of strict requirements for dioceses and eparchies, but rather as guidance that these communities can use to develop a process appropriate to their own context and needs.
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Today, the defense of free, fair and secure elections, a critical means to exercise principled Catholic voice and action, requires vigilance, preparation and partnerships with faith and secular groups. It requires standing with the vulnerable and marginalized, speaking out against abuses of power, and nonviolently upholding democratic principles and the rule of law.
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A conversation with the author, actor, comedian, and broadcaster John Fugelsang, who discusses issues confronting the church and world today—from gender equality and priestly celibacy to the rise of fundamentalism and Christian nationalism—and learn why John has come to believe that “the teachings of Christ might be America’s last hope.”
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Europe and North America are littered with repurposed or abandoned seminaries, novitiates, and other facilities for the formation of priests, brothers, and sisters. Societal shifts — such as expanded career options, smaller families, and changing norms — have eliminated the historical incentives for joining Catholic religious life in the West.
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As prominent prelates clash over the traditional Latin Mass, Pope Leo XIV’s response may reveal his deepest instincts about authority, unity and tradition. In the hierarchical structure of the church, how Leo feels about the Latin Mass will determine the current resolution of the liturgy wars.
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A non-profit organization that seeks to create common ground at the intersection of faith and politics for Catholics by finding areas of agreement based on common ideals, based on Catholic social teaching, that which seeks social unity and healing by respecting the dignity of all people and building community.
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