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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

WHEN THE BOMBS FALL ON OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN If we cannot feel the death of a child in Iran with the same moral clarity as the death of a child in the United States, then something in us has been deformed. If our outrage is calibrated by passport, then our humanity has been nationalized. THE JUST-WAR TRADITION AND PREVENTIVE WAR Just-war reasoning presupposes certain moral commitments (including commitments to peace and the limitation of violence shared with Christian pacifists), and when those commitments are not shared, is there any use in undertaking a rigorous moral analysis of conflict?   THE POLITICS OF MERCY In the intense, partisan, polarized climate of our society, many people of faith are persuaded that topics deemed “political” are best avoided. It’s an understandable impulse, yet such avoidance only plays into the hands of those who benefit from our withdrawal from public discourse.   SYNOD STUDY GROUP REJECTS ‘ARTIFICIAL SEPARATION BETWEEN GENDERS AND ROLES’ A study group established during the Synod on Synodality denounced “machismo clericalism” and said that “much remains to be done” to enable women to embrace their vocations, both within and beyond formal ministries and institutional positions. The mere fact of being a woman does not in itself prevent women from assuming roles of leadership in the Church. THE FINAL SYNOD REPORT ON WOMEN: WHAT IT SAYS, WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT’S NEXT The report denounces “male chauvinism" and “clericalism,” making the case that in his brief pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has continued down Francis’ path of appointing women to positions of leadership in the Curia. THE US CATHOLIC BISHOPS HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT RACISM. HAVE THEY SPOKEN UP FOR WOMEN? Are the bishops cowed into submission by the false notion that women do not image Christ? Now, as some bishops step up to defend Blacks, migrants and the poor, will they add defending the full humanity of women to their gospel teachings? One can only hope so. EVERYONE IS IN EVERYONE IS IN - It’s easy to create unity by being against something or someone — by assigning a scapegoat. It’s difficult to create unity by being prepared to be the person who the others are going to throw out. REIMAGINE LENT AS A SEASON OF HOPE — JESUS DID Lent isn’t just a time of penitence: At the end is a door inviting us into deeper life. Lent isn’t a season we travel in hope of surviving our resolutions and of reaching the grateful end of them. At the end of this season is a door inviting us to more and deeper life. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING There could be no other way to show us what God is truly like. God is not revealed in killing and conquest … in violence and hate. God is revealed in this crucified man—giving of himself to the very last breath, giving and forgiving.