A progress report from U.S. Catholic readers says that bishops still haven’t learned all their lessons on the subject of sexual abuse. Anger. Betrayal. Sadness...
Parish life
Thomas Lynch, the poet undertaker, explains why a good funeral is “a signature of our humanity.” Many writers have day jobs—some wait tables...
Maybe it’s time to let generations X and Y have their say. It was one of those conversations: Late in a family holiday visit, the topic of religion comes up...
Challenges and rewards abound in super-sized parishes. Flip, flip, flip, flip! Some 25 years later Maureen Regele laughs and says she’ll always remember the...
A deep and tempestuous gulf divides orthodox Catholic teaching and the beliefs of many gay and lesbian Catholics. "Someday," Gina Marie says quietly...
Official statements calling gays and lesbians "disordered" and "violent" do little to make them feel welcomed and respected in the church...
Amidst all the chatter about the new translation of the Roman Missal in the last few months, did you ever wonder what might happen if a priest just prayed the...
Some professionals are quitting their day jobs and stepping up to a new spiritual calling. If someone had told Barbara Evans a decade ago that she’d be working...
What types of lay ministry formation programs are available? The answer varies—from shorter-term diocesan programs that might involve a class taken at night or...
Those who enter lay ecclesial formation programs do so for a variety of reasons, but not usually because they expect to find a job with a whopping paycheck at...
