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POINT OF NO RETURN Faith begins with a personal encounter with Christ. Yet every day we realize that our journey of faith is a difficult one. It is difficult not in spite of the Gospel message, but because of it. The message of Christ prioritizes the weak, the downcast, the suffering, and those in most need of healing. And this is in direct conflict with the message that world seems to project. READ MORE

POPE LEO CALLS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE A 'MORAL IMPERATIVE' "Universal health coverage is not merely a technical goal to be achieved; it is primarily a moral imperative for societies that wish to call themselves just," the pope said. "Healthcare must be accessible to the most vulnerable, then, not only because their dignity requires it but also to prevent injustice from becoming a cause of conflict." NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE CHRISTIAN Rahner’s essay, “Nuclear Weapons and the Christian” (1982), coauthored with his nephew Thomas Cremer, is a prime example of Rahner’s concern for the Church and the world. A reader can tell from this essay, Rahner and Cremer believe that Christian faith not only justifies disarmament, but requires it.   US BISHOPS' CURRENT CRITICISM OF TRUMP IS WELCOME. BUT IT'S ALSO YEARS TOO LATE The bishops' criticism of Trump's policies is welcome and necessary. But it's also years too late. If they had listened to the many Catholics who raised the alarm about Trump early on, we might have avoided our current disastrous national trajectory.   LAY PEOPLE EXERCISING AUTHORITY OVER CLERGY: PROPHETIC AND PROBLEMATIC. When it comes to whether lay people can exercise authority, two schools stand opposed among canon law experts. And what appears at first glance to be a progressive position might actually be more conservative and vice versa. ‘WE,’ NOT ‘I’: AN OHIO ARCHBISHOP CALLED CATHOLICS TO TALK THEIR WAY TO CONSENSUS Cincinnati’s Catholic Archbishop Robert G. Casey announced his plans to hold an archdiocesan synod next year, asking southwest Ohio’s Catholics to prepare for “a time of prayer, a time of listening to the Holy Spirit and to one another in order to discern God’s will for our local church in the years ahead.” CARDINAL FERNÁNDEZ ON INTELLECTUAL HUMILITY The aspect of Fernández’s speech which has garnered the most attention was his remark that “[T]oday, on any blog, anyone—even without having studied much theology—can express his or her opinion and condemn others as if speaking ex cathedra.” THE LOGIC OF SEPARATION: GENOCIDE, WAR, AND THE MODERN MIND When the cosmos becomes dead matter governed by blind laws, and when God is pushed outside this mechanical system into irrelevant transcendence, humans lose their sacred inviolability. A GUIDE TO A TRANSFORMATIVE HOLY WEEK The prayers and rituals of Holy Week are particularly formative and transformative if we allow them to be.Let the rituals of Holy Week guide your heart toward God. GETHSEMANE – THE PLACE TO GIVE UP RESENTMENT The challenge of being an adult, one who helps carry life for others, is to give ourselves over in love, duty, and service without resentment. Those last words are key: Real love is not simply a matter of giving ourselves over in service and duty - it’s a question of giving ourselves over without being resentful.