Jeanie Hannaman

By Carmelite Sisters, Integrated Catholic Life - The realization that all things change is a fact of life that often continues to surprise us. We get comfortable, become accustomed to the concentric circles moving around us, perceive our lives to be stable and simply forget that life can change in a moment. Then we find ourselves experiencing an “event” or “something” that shifts our lived reality into a place of uncertainty because “something” has changed, whatever that “something” may be (health status, relationships, death, world events, loss of job, family circumstances, etc.).

By Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky, The Catholic Thing - The ribald – and often insightful – 1960s comedian Lenny Bruce once quipped: “Everybody knows which church you’re talking about when you talk about The Church.” The Catholic Church reveals God, and God alone is our Judge. But the Church, as the Mystical Body of Christ, is The Bogeyman for many people... Anti-Catholicism has deep American roots going back to colonial days. In early America, Catholics could not fully practice their faith.

By Jonah McKeown for CNA, (Catholic World Report) - Pope Francis this week said he is “united in prayer” with those participating in a conference for Catholics who identify as LGBT taking place this weekend in Washington, D.C... Father James Martin, a controversial Jesuit priest who founded the pro-LGBT group Outreach in 2022, reportedly asked Pope Francis if he would like to send a greeting to the group’s 2024 gathering, taking place Aug. 2–4 at Georgetown University. Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington is scheduled to celebrate Mass on Saturday at the event.