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REACHING ACROSS BOUNDARIES There are many ways to explain what it means to be a Christian, many paths by which we might describe how to follow Christ. Jesus called people to create an environment of understanding, one of faith and trust, and of compassion. He constantly reminded them that they have been chosen by name and have been called to create an environment in which healing takes place, where one is forgiven and reconciled, where concern is fostered, where one feels a sense of belonging. READ MORE

AN AMERICAN POPE AT THE BORDER Pope Leo XIV’s late-July remarks on his American roots and the Ceuta crisis reframe migration itself: stability without justice becomes containment, peace without dignity more than silence at a checkpoint, and every border a test of whom a society will see. “THE MORAL COMPASS OF THE WORLD” — MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY MEETS POPE LEO XIV The actor told Jimmy Fallon that meeting the pope was like writing an Oscar speech — and that Leo made him laugh. From Harry Styles to Patti Smith, secular America keeps arriving at the American pope’s door.   THE OLDEST NEW THING IN THE CHURCH Synodality did not begin in 2021. It began in Jerusalem, around AD 49. Synodality means the Church deliberates the way she deliberated at the first Synod of Jerusalem: everyone contributes, the pastors discern, Peter confirms, the Spirit governs.   HOW GRIEF MADE ARCHBISHOP GARCÍA-SILLER A PROPHETIC VOICE ON IMMIGRATION His pastoral letter, “We Will Come to You,” offers a map that parallels his life experience: encounter with the reality of human suffering, then accompaniment, then organized advocacy, then lived solidarity. It is a His letter is a promise and a warning. a model for what religious leadership looks like when silence becomes impossible. POPE LEO CALLS ON PRIESTS TO ‘RESPECT’ THE POST-VATICAN II LITURGIES IN NEW LETTER He underscored the importance of lay participation in the Mass — a key focus of Vatican II’s liturgical reforms — as a primary way for people to be “formed both for the liturgy and by the liturgy” and emphasized that the art of celebrating the liturgy“ is expressed not only by the celebrant of the liturgy, but also by the entire assembly.” SYNODALITY REQUIRES ENGAGEMENT WITH LGBTQ CATHOLICS — AND NOT JUST THE 'RIGHT' ONES The publication of the Synod on Synodality's Study Group 9 report has generated familiar debate. The controversy has since expanded into broader arguments about transgender people, pastoral ministry and the limits of doctrinal development. ‘THEY DON’T WANT TO SAY YES’ Pope Leo faces profound questions concerning women in the diaconate and in lay ministry. What can we expect from him? How might Pope Leo change the conversation on women’s leadership in the Church? AT ITS BEST, PARISH COMMUNITY REACHES BEYOND THE PEWS Hospitality and friendship change our lives in small but meaningful ways, and our parish life should both reflect and support this. It’s simple enough to declare the value of community and its importance in the Catholic faith in theory. But in reality, cultivating and sustaining community can be a challenge.