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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Our call from God is far bigger and more beautiful than the individualized approach that fixates on productivity.
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As theological discernment continues, the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence and Pax Christi International stand ready to support the development of the theological and pastoral frameworks necessary to transition the Church from the paradigm of "just war" to the active, faithful nonviolence centred on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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We have largely surrendered our limited temporal resources to algorithms, and the near-constant distraction of smartphones and social media threatens our spiritual flourishing and prayer lives.
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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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