5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (335+ words) If Catholicism makes a comeback among younger generations, I don't think this will occur despite digital culture but rather because of it. Catholicism is uniquely suited to the age of the internet. Three key features of Catholicism may help explain…...

15+ hour, 18+ min ago  (848+ words) (OSV News) " The Lenten season is a reminder that Christians are called to bear witness to Christ through authentic witness, not self-righteous indignation, Norwegian Trappist Bishop Erik Varden told the pope and Vatican officials. In his first reflection, titled "Entering…...

3+ day, 9+ min ago  (140+ words) This week on "Inside the Vatican," Senior Vatican Correspondent and Contributing Editor Ricardo da Silva, S.J., discuss the Vatican's decision not to join President Trump's Board of Peace, Pope Leo's Lenten message, and the pope's plans for the first Lent since…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (143+ words) A Reflection for Saturday after Ash Wednesday If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then light shall rise for you in the darkness'the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (807+ words) After months of denied attempts, a lawsuit and activism by faith and local leaders, members of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership finally gained entry to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview, Ill., on Ash Wednesday. The…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (159+ words) This week on "Jesuitical," Ashley and guest host Sebastian sit down with Kristen Gilger, author of My Son, The Priest: A Mother's Crisis of Faith, and her son, Patrick Gilger, S.J., to discuss their interwoven journeys of faith. Ashley, Sebastian, Kristen…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (509+ words) ROME (OSV News) " The Society of St. Pius X has rejected a Vatican offer of dialogue and said it will move forward with plans to ordain bishops without a papal mandate this summer. "We both know in advance that we…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (559+ words) There is nothing new in Christians falling short of the high demands of Christianity. What may be more surprising is that some prominent Christians are now explicitly rejecting Christian precepts. "Christians must learn to hate again," proclaimed the Reverend Joel…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1492+ words) NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) " Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, entered the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility Wednesday morning (Feb. 18) to celebrate an Ash Wednesday Mass for detainees. Newark Auxiliary Bishops Pedro Bismarck Chau, Manuel Cruz…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (320+ words) Thursday after Ash Wednesday A Reflection for Thursday after Ash Wednesday "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." (Lk 9:23) Some of us are familiar with the saying,…...