Although many religious congregations have decreased in membership since the Second Vatican Council, a growing number...
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Recommit to Non-Violence #IamVincent
Violence is sometimes the fruit, sometimes the cause of poverty. Non-violence has deep Christian roots. To say...
Can You Say No to Pope Francis on September 1?
September 1, Pope Francis asks us to pray for creation. Last...
Youngest Cardinal
Meet Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, soon to be the youngest Cardinal of the Church Since the year 2007, Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal has served as the Major Archbishop of the Syro Malankara Church, and soon the 53 year old will become the youngest cardinal of the...
Pastors bridging the NCR/Wanderer divide
"I believe that every Catholic, conservative or liberal, is united in those ordinary things of parish ministry. That is what I want to communicate in this Parish Diary." Finding what unites the church beyond our disagreements . In a new column in the NCR "Parish...
Cardinal Dolan – Prays for the “uns”
The cardinal reminded the crowd to remember the “uns”: the unemployed, the uninsured, the unwanted, the unwed mother, and her innocent, fragile unborn baby in her womb, the undocumented. “Government, Al Smith believed, should be on the side of these “uns.” Pray for...
Fr. Baron on new evangelization and media
How can we think about "new evangelization" AND "media" Fr. Robert Barron offers his reflections in this YouTube video. He has become one of the main faces of American Catholicism. Outside the academic world, Fr. Barron is best known for his...
Australian National eConference on Vatican II – 50 th anniversary
The Australian National eConference on Vatican II - an Event of Grace, was held at Pennant Hills, a northern suburb of Sydney, on October 10, The eConference was sponsored by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the Broken Bay Institute and John Garratt...
Anglian leader reflects on New evangelization
(Romereports.com) Archbishop of Canterbury,Rowan Williams, the main leader of the Anglican Communion, shared his ideas on the New Evangelization with the Pope and 262 Catholic bishops from all over the world gathered in Rome to participate in the synod. “A true...
Pope’s homily opening the year of faith
(Romereports.com) “During the Second Vatican Council there was an emotional tension as we faced the common task of making the truth and beauty of the faith shine out in our time, without sacrificing it to the demands of the present or leaving it tied to the past”,...
Ten ways Catholics can enter into the Year of Faith
The CatholicSpirit Website offers Ten ways Catholics can enter into the Year of Faith The list complements suggestions that can also be found in Archbishop John Nienstedt’s pastoral letter on the new evangelization. The letter is inserted inside this issue of The...
Christian growth in the heart of Islam
John L Allen Jr writes..."In some parts of the Middle East, Christianity is actually booming, and those folks deserve some attention." Media theorists like to talk about the power of a "narrative," meaning a storyline that's often more influential than reality in...