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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 …
Catholic University LGBT club continues decade-long fight for official status
… the school. The group didn't start meeting on campus until 2017, when two university offices lent the club spaces to meet. The group currently has about 25 members. CUAllies doesn't get any …
Inside the campaign to divest the Catholic Church from fossil fuels
… conference has not even updated its investment guidelines since 2003, a decade before Francis lent his voice to the call for a transition away from fossil fuels. ( See accompanying story .) … …
Your thoughts on denying Biden Communion
… by them. Nor do I believe that we should make contraception, or eating meat on Fridays in Lent, or not going to church on Sundays matters of civil or criminal law. They are matters of …
NCR Forward Poll Results - April 2021
… moving celebrations outdoors and livestreaming Masses. Still others said they chose to observe Lent and Easter at home, taking advantage of daily reflections, readings and retreats available … Krueger, Dana Point, California I serve as a lector and commentator and noticed throughout Lent that in person attendance has been gradually increasing. (Dane County is gradually relaxing …
Learning to like Ramadan while living in Morocco
… country. Life in Morocco, while rich in food and friendship, was still difficult. Like Lent, it was a season of scarcity and reflection; a season that could easily hold grief and … friends this Ramadan, I invite you to think about what you would like done for you during Lent: offer prayer, send encouragement, break bread together (after sunset, of course). To both …
What Jesus' resurrection teaches us about how to live after the pandemic
… does it mean to stand up in the face of death, to know death, and to walk away? At the end of Lent and the beginning of this Easter season — and at the tail end of this pandemic and the …
COVID-19 and Holy Week stretch us again, for the better
… shrinking of the culture of Catholic schools, daily Mass, Friday Stations of the Cross during Lent and CCD classes — which were all thriving parts of the spiritual psyche — it could seem like …
Environmental groups mobilize to make sure 'build back better' isn't just a slogan for Biden
… men, who currently hold 90% of infrastructure jobs. Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, lent his support to the plan in a statement , but added that "investments alone are far from …
This Holy Night
… scripture readings from Genesis to Ezekiel, we hear the narrative of our long road through Lent, revealed now as God’s revelation, prophecy fulfilled and promises kept. God has been with …
EarthBeat Weekly: A Peruvian Holy Thursday when lightbulbs trumped candles
… and trustful in the personal body of Jesus," writes Fr. Richard Rohr in "Soul Seeing for Lent." He adds, "Science is now helping us to think this way." Pierre Cochez of La Croix … has the story for Catholic News Service. Good Friday brings EarthBeat's " A Climate-Conscious Lent " series to a close, with Fr. Emmet Farrell reflecting this week on the globalization of …