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Taking 60 years of Moral Theology to the Synod
… vision and plans for NCR: … Feb 18, 2022: NCR and social media: Don't give up TikTok for Lent, at least not this year: NCR's new social media presence: TikTok Jan 14, 2022: Why following …
Mark, a Gospel for Ordinary Time
… Thomas Reese … Religion News Service … Beginning this week and continuing until Lent, Catholics will be listening to the Gospel of Mark at weekday Eucharists. This wasn’t always … at the beginning of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is that part of the year that is not Advent, Lent or the Christmas and Easter seasons. The term “ordinary” comes from the same Latin root as … are simply numbered. This week is the first week of Ordinary Time, which continues till Lent and then picks up again after Pentecost. Because Mark’s Gospel was the first one written, …
Richard Hirsch, former U.S. bishops' communications secretary, dies
… Hallmark Channel and the renamed Faith & Values Channel has comparative little reach. Hirsch lent the Catholic Church's weight to local broadcast TV license renewals, as broadcasters had to …
Desmond Tutu, known for commitment to justice, peace, dies at age 90
… named archbishop of Cape Town in 1986. Archbishop Tutu's stature as a man of peace and justice lent weight to his call for economic sanctions against South Africa in the 1980s and, in …
Happy New Year, it's Advent
… from Nov. 11 to Christmas. Advent in Gaul took on many of the penitential characteristics of Lent, such as dropping the Gloria, the hymn of praise for God, from Mass. These practices …
EarthBeat Weekly: This Advent, can we start to break our addiction to plastic?
… completely. And its convenience has made it ubiquitous. I tried getting to zero plastic during Lent this year — and found it virtually impossible, although it made me conscious of how I can …
'Hidden Mercy' sheds light on history of the Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS
… religious engagement and mobilization for a large LGBTQ civil rights organization, and as Lent waned, and a different but deadly new pandemic raged, I was struck by an onslaught of …
Bishops affirm dioceses' sainthood causes for three U.S. laypeople
… Saturdays he taught religion to public school children, and during the summer, Christmas and Lent, he introduced children and adults of the area to the stage by inviting them to perform in …
Pope refuses resignation of German Cardinal Woelki, grants 6-month leave
… memo stated. Woelki's spiritual sabbatical will begin in mid-October and conclude ahead of Lent in March 2022. During his absence, auxiliary Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser will serve as the …
Children's graves in Canada reflect Catholic logic of Indigenous vanishment
… indication things will change. Neither the U.S. government nor U.S. Catholic institutions have lent support to truth-telling about boarding schools (though there have been rare exceptions , …
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: How it is with the kingdom of God
… … This Sunday, the church returns to simple ordinary time. Since Feb. 17, we've observed Lent, celebrated Eastertime, and then finished by riding the wake of the two major feasts that …