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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

THE CHURCH OPENS ITS DOORS AS CEUTA COUNTS ITS DEAD For the Church in Ceuta, the political dimensions are secondary to the immediate human reality. Thousands of people — many of them exhausted, some injured, others grieving — are sleeping in the open in a city that did not expect them and is struggling to receive them. The diocese has opened what resources it has. It has asked for more. And it has named, with unusual clarity, what the rest of the world is still debating how to call. DECLINING ATTENDANCE, FEWER PRIESTS DRIVING CATHOLIC PARISH CLOSURES, CONSOLIDATIONS ACROSS U.S. Nearly one in five Americans identifies as Catholic, yet many dioceses across the country have closed or consolidated parishes this year due to declining mass attendance, fewer people taking priestly vocations and rising maintenance costs.   RECOLLECTING THE JOURNEY New Diocesan Guidelines for Sharing the Synodal Experience. The new document makes clear that the process it outlines should not be interpreted as a set of strict requirements for dioceses and eparchies, but rather as guidance that these communities can use to develop a process appropriate to their own context and needs.   HOW CATHOLICS HAVE DEFENDED FREE ELECTIONS — AND WHY THEY MUST DO SO AGAIN Today, the defense of free, fair and secure elections, a critical means to exercise principled Catholic voice and action, requires vigilance, preparation and partnerships with faith and secular groups. It requires standing with the vulnerable and marginalized, speaking out against abuses of power, and nonviolently upholding democratic principles and the rule of law. THE NARROW WAY OF SERVICE A conversation with the author, actor, comedian, and broadcaster John Fugelsang, who discusses issues confronting the church and world today—from gender equality and priestly celibacy to the rise of fundamentalism and Christian nationalism—and learn why John has come to believe that “the teachings of Christ might be America’s last hope.” ONCE UPON A TIME... Europe and North America are littered with repurposed or abandoned seminaries, novitiates, and other facilities for the formation of priests, brothers, and sisters. Societal shifts — such as expanded career options, smaller families, and changing norms — have eliminated the historical incentives for joining Catholic religious life in the West. THE LITURGY WARS ARE BACK. SPOILER: THEY NEVER LEFT. As prominent prelates clash over the traditional Latin Mass, Pope Leo XIV’s response may reveal his deepest instincts about authority, unity and tradition. In the hierarchical structure of the church, how Leo feels about the Latin Mass will determine the current resolution of the liturgy wars. CATHOLICS VOTE COMMON GOOD A non-profit organization that seeks to create common ground at the intersection of faith and politics for Catholics by finding areas of agreement based on common ideals, based on Catholic social teaching, that which seeks social unity and healing by respecting the dignity of all people and building community.