Becoming the Church we are called to be: 60 years after Lumen Gentium | Synod on Synodality

Friday, December 20, 2024

Julian Paparella

Sixty years after Lumen Gentium, the question is as relevant today as it was then: What kind of Church is God calling us to be and to become?

Changes in Catholic approaches to ecumenism | One Body

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC

In this third article of our new series, Sr. Donna Geernaert explores the development of Catholic teaching on ecumenism in the last century.

Deacon-structing The Spirit | Part 1

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Deacon Pedro

In this first part of Deacon-structing the Spirit, Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann looks at how the Holy Spirit works actively within the Catholic Church.

"My bags are packed and I’m ready to go."
10 Quotes from St. John XXIII

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Kristina Glicksman

Beginning today, the casket containing the remains of St. John XXIII will arrive in Bergamo & the town of Sotto il Monte for an 18-day pilgrimage. Here are ten quotes that give some insight into the great humility and trust in God that characterized his life.

Rebuilding the Culture of Faith

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Salt + Light Media

“He imposes peace in His heights. Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not shine?[…] even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in His sight.” Book of Job, Chapter 25 Few books of the Bible are as telling as The Book of Job. Some books of the […]

Behind Vatican Walls: The Legacy of John XXIII

Friday, June 3, 2016

Alicia Ambrosio

CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo This week marks 53 years since St. Pope John XXIII died at the Vatican at age of 81. For most people, the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of the saintly pope’s name is the Second Vatican Council. Yet his pontificate and his priestly ministry left its mark on the […]

What about Catholic unity?

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Sebastian Gomes

(US bishops listen to a speaker during their annual general assembly in November 2015. CNS photo/Bob Roller) It’s the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a celebratory yet solemn week when Christians recall what unites them and reflect on the challenges still preventing full, sacramental unity. Over the past few years I’ve had the chance to meet a […]

Global challenges can bring Christians together

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Sebastian Gomes

Next week Christians celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The important celebration dates back to 1908 and was inspired by Fr. Paul Wattson and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement in Graymoor, New York. More advances along the road to unity have taken place over the past century than over the previous 350 […]

Thank you, Vatican II

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

“What does Christmas mean to you?” This is a common question posed during the Advent season, and one that evokes in many of us fond memories and feelings of gratitude. This week, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council, similar feelings have pervaded me. Many thoughtful and inspiring […]

Behind Vatican Walls: The Pact of the Catacombs

Friday, November 20, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

This year marks 50 years since the end of the Second Vatican Council and the promulgation of several key documents that shaped the church. There is one document, not part of the official canon of Vatican II documents, that shaped the church just as much yet has been almost forgotten. It is called the Catacombs […]