Catholic Church
Head of bishops’ anti-racism committee praises investigations into histories
OSV News
June 1, 2023
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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Not Your Average Synod
Susan Hines-Brigger
May 25, 2023
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
OSV News
May 12, 2023
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?
Peter Feuerherd
April 25, 2023
“Don’t quit,” a Vatican official once told Phyllis Zagano. She took his advice and continues to advocate for women deacons in the Catholic Church.
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Notes from a Friar: God Speaks to All
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
April 14, 2023
God can and does communicate in ways we can’t imagine.
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Pope to hear confessions, eat lunch with young people, at World Youth Day
Pope Francis will have nine events with young people, including hearing their confessions and eating lunch with them, during his Aug. 2-6 trip to Portugal.