Head of bishops’ anti-racism committee praises investigations into histories
Ahead of the U.S. bishops' meeting in Orlando, Florida, June 14-16, Bishop Joseph N. Perry said that new investigations by church institutions into their involvement with slavery and Indian boarding schools are "very healthy" and aid a collective examination of ...
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Editorial: Not Your Average Synod
The synod process thus far has lain bare many things that Catholics feel need to be addressed. And we have found our voices.
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Baltimore Archdiocese forms commission to investigate church connection to slavery
In recent years, a growing awareness of injustice and calls for reform have led to a racial reckoning, with businesses, corporations, nonprofit organizations and institutions across the country reassessing their own complicity with racism in its various forms.
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Has the Time Come for Women Deacons?
“Don’t quit,” a Vatican official once told Phyllis Zagano. She took his advice and continues to advocate for ordaining women as deacons in the Catholic Church.
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Hail Mary, Full of Grace
Mary is the ultimate illumination of a woman filled with Christ’s presence, of a woman lit up from within by grace.
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Pope to hear confessions, eat lunch with young people, at World Youth Day