The contemporary crisis of masculinity is often framed in reactionary terms—“men are lost,” “men are under attack,” “bring back real men.” Within Catholic...
Author - Emma Cieslik
“We have to find a way to help that father or that mother to stand by their [LGBTQ+] son or daughter.” (Pope Francis, in an interview with La Nacion, December...
A young Portuguese princess converts to Christianity as a teenager and takes a vow of chastity, entering into a mystical marriage with Jesus. But her father...
This past April, the Pew Research Center shared that 54 percent of U.S. Catholics believe the church should recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples...
Readings (Year B): Deuteronomy 4:32 – 34, 39 – 40Psalms 33:4 – 5, 6, 9, 18 – 19, 20, 22Romans 8:14 – 17Matthew 28:16 – 20...
Readings (Year B): Acts 4:32 – 35Psalms 118:2 – 4, 13 – 15, 22 – 241 John 5:1 – 6John 20:19 – 31 Reflection: Bodies scarred...
On a brisk winter day in the Kingdom of Sicily, around the year 1250, two young men made a journey to the Shrine of Montevergine. The local villagers, seeing...
