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Warning many "disappear from the parish" after Confirmation, Pope Leo tells young people to ask for perserverance
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (542+ words) VATICAN CITY (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV has encouraged young Catholics preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation to ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of perseverance, warning that too many young people "disappear from the parish" after receiving…...
Pursuing truth'alongside the littlest among us
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (333+ words) A Reflection for Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Alleluia, alleluia. Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia, alleluia. The first 15 minutes always started off strong. I was heavily caffeinated, the kids were still…...
Pope Leo will publish first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," on artificial intelligence on May 25
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (228+ words) [Related: What A. I. has to do with poverty and human dignity] In addition to Mr. Olah, the document will be presented by three cardinals and two female theologians." The English-born professor Anna Rowlands, who teaches ethics and political theology at the…...
Pope Leo to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (228+ words) The Vatican confirmed Saturday the Sept. 25-28 trip, which will be Leo's fourth foreign voyage of the year: Leo made a day trip to Monaco in March, visited four African nations in April and is due to visit Spain and the…...
Pope Leo establishes new Vatican commission on artificial intelligence
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (277+ words) In another sign of his close attention to the ever-growing importance of artificial intelligence and the impact it will have on the future of humanity and the church, Pope Leo has approved the establishment of an inter-dicasterial commission at the…...
The Synod called for lay people to have more influence in choosing bishops'Pope Leo should listen
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (793+ words) (RNS) " A study group established by Pope Francis after the Synod on Synodality has called for a greater role for the laity and clergy in the selection of bishops, especially by involving the diocesan priests" council and pastoral council. Pope…...
Taiwan's tiny Catholic Church faces youth exodus as big powers decide the island's fate
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (1679+ words) Each year, Catholics from all over Taiwan join the Madonna procession at the Wanjin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in southern Pingtung County. As the procession passes by local homes, firecrackers explode and locals shout in Mandarin, "God bless you…...
A history of British converts to Catholicism
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (139+ words) It is still a little hard to believe. Yale University Press354p $38 (Editors" note: In casual usage, the term "convert" is still used for baptized individuals who leave one Christian church to become Catholic. The more theologically precise terminology, since the Second…...
What Cardinal Ratzinger, a deconstructing friend and a woman religious taught me about doubt
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (821+ words) A woman I know has been wrestling with her relationship with the Catholic Church for years. We met over 20 years ago at our Catholic university, where we both studied theology, threw ourselves into ministry opportunities and formed tight-knit relationships based…...
Is the Catholic Church ready for a new wave of converts? Our readers weigh in.
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (530+ words) America Media interprets the church for the world and the world for the church. We are a forum for discussion of religion, society, politics and culture from a Catholic perspective. The Ignatian traditions of "finding God in all things" and…...