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VIGILANCE AND ATTENTIVENESS There are certain passages in the New Testament that pull against the grain. They seem to contradict a central teaching of Jesus, a central part of the gospel. But their purpose is not to negate that teaching but, instead, to balance it and place it in a clearer perspective. The issue in today’s parable is the difference between wisdom and foolishness and how we can distinguish between the two. READ MORE

CATHOLIC VOTERS MOVE LEFT AMID MIDTERM’S DEMOCRATIC WAVE Fifty percent of Catholics said they voted for Democratic candidates, and 49 percent said they voted for Republicans. This could represent a significant swing to the left since the last presidential election. MIDTERMS DEMOCRATIC ROUT COULD SHIFT US BISHOPS' PRIORITIES The political landscape moving forward will also present challenges for the bishops, who will have to shift gears and find a way to work with a new generation of Democrats if the bishops hope to maintain any influence and relevance on Capitol Hill. The bishops will meet Nov. 16-19.   CATHOLIC CELIBACY AND MARRIED PRIESTS: A TRADITION OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD Few subjects create as much confusion about the Catholic Church as priestly celibacy. Many people assume that the Catholic Church universally forbids married priests. As a result, discussions often present celibacy as an outdated rule that the Church must either defend or abandon. However, this common understanding is incomplete.   FORMING PRIESTS IN A SYNODAL MISSIONARY CHURCH Selection and training of seminarians is a significant contributing factor in clergy sex abuse, and we cannot properly address the problem without addressing seminary training. The recently published report from the Church’s Synod Study Group 4 has at least outlined principles and guidelines for revising seminary formation. But it’s still a long way from implementation. THE INCOMPLETE WORK OF RENEWAL The work of renovare, of renewal, is simple but not easy. It requires a turning back toward Jesus, repentance, holiness, and a new zeal for mission, personally, but also in how leaders in our institutions think, how they operate, and how they prioritize resources. THE EMERGENCY OF CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION Here and now, we can begin to focus on the urgent questions of who we are and how we ought to live. We can begin to enact responses to these questions on our own campuses. The future will not ask: How did you feel about the emergency? It will ask: What did you do? POPE LEO: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A HOLY WAR In a video message sent to participants in the International Meeting for Peace in Assisi today, Pope Leo XIV urged all participants to join him in being "unarmed instruments of the Lord's peace," stressing that "war can never be waged in the name of God." TRACKING CATHOLIC BELIEF IN THE REAL PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN THE EUCHARIST A new study appearing this month in the journal Sociological Inquiry reveals what, if anything, has changed using a random sample of 1,049 self-identified Catholics. The question was part of a larger, nationally-representative survey of 5,400 American adults fielded in September 2025.