Question: Regarding the bread that Jesus used at the Last Supper, would it have been unleavened, and if so, what did it look like and how was it made? What is the theological significance of ...
Jean Vanier, who died last month at the age of 90, was the revered founder of L’Arche, an international organization for the intellectually disabled and those who cherish them. Vanier once wrote that a society ...
What do you see when the priest elevates the host at the consecration during Mass? This isn’t a trick question, but it’s one that goes to the heart of how we, as Catholics, should view ...
In early June, the top leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention — the second-largest religious body in the United States after Catholics — met in Birmingham, Alabama, to consider sex abuse of youth by leaders ...
Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, famously calls the Eucharist — the Mass — “the source and summit” of Christian life. But what is a Catholic to do when Mass ...
The present focus on these issues, as important as they are, can lead to a myopia that misses much of the progress that has been made since 2002.
At the recent GIVEN forum, holy women gathered together to pray and learn from female leaders
I’m not a psychiatrist or psychologist. My degree and employment background are in communications. But one hardly has to have experience in psychology or mental health to recognize that our culture has a severe, long-term ...
In rare cases, priests can withhold absolution from the penitent if they refuse to cease immoral acts
From an early age, we come to recognize ourselves as free creatures. The 2-year-old seeks to tie her own shoes, to buckle her own seatbelt, to “do it myself!” This awakening of freedom is a ...
