UNDERSTANDING THE BIGGER PICTURE
Some Christians think that being religious should improve their spirits, bodily health and even good fortune. Some of us have had moments of spiritual clarity and growth. And I am sure that we too felt pretty good about ourselves during those moments. But we also know that life doesn't leave us feeling that way for long. Soon those wonderful spiritual insights will be tested by the day to day experiences that we all share in living out our lives. Even the most devout and active Christians know that being a Christian is never easy for very long.
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Called to defend the rights and worth of working people, Catholics are asked to do so in a manner that holds together the entire fabric of Christian ethics, in fraternal affection and a desire for the good of all.
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In history, political orders come and go. Political societies form, develop, change, decline, decay, pass away, and then new ones take their place. Having an Augustinian like Leo XIV in the papal office, well, it is still going to take some getting used to.
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The activist Catholic priest spent about six weeks removed from his parish before an independent review found the latest allegation to be unsubstantiated.
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The gifts of God cannot be bought. Time with family is a gift; peace and tranquility are gifts from God I seek. But, in the Messy Middle, peace and tranquility are hard to come by.
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We live in fractious times. Resentment, anger, and injustice seem to abound in social life — a situation that seems to be exacerbated by the apparent desire, in some quarters, to be hyper-vigilant in seeking out new ways to take offence, new “wrongs” to unearth. What room is there, in this environment, for forgiveness?
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All across the country parishes are merging, Masses are split between different times at multiple sites, vocations directors are expressing alarm, bishops are restructuring diocesan ministries, and there are thousands of parishes without a resident priest.1 Every fact in that list is true, but the story that we tell about them isn’t.
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Good politics requires engaged citizens with an openness to learning, who make an effort to seek information before they cast their vote.
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Resolving the debate over women’s ordination requires the Church to address core questions of justice, dignity, and theology with the same deep clarity it brought to historic doctrinal controversies.
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