Rod Dreher’s “The Benedict Option” (2017) has been on my list of things to read for a long time. As a Cistercian monk rooted in the Benedictine tradition and apostolically engaged as a priest and teacher, I basically felt like it was required reading, given how often people refer to it.
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In the first major appointment of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV chose an Italian expert in canon law to succeed him as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
Meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during his apostolic visit to the U.S. was “incredible” and marked a “historic moment of Christian unity,” said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia.
September marks the Month of the Bible, a time that the Church has set aside for the reading, reflection, and meditation of Holy Scripture. In recognition of this special observance, The Texas Catholic is highlighting the fruitful efforts of three Bible study groups from Diocese of Dallas parishes — St. Pius X Catholic Parish, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish, and St. Rita Catholic Community — as they endeavor to open the hearts and minds of their communities to the abiding Word of God.
Thirty years after a landmark international document safeguarding women’s dignity, much remains to be done to ensure the well-being of women and girls worldwide, a top Vatican diplomat said.
To call itself “Catholic,” a magazine must try to look at the world the way Christ does and give witness to his saving love and power, Pope Leo XIV said.
Colleges stand on the front lines of the artificial intelligence debate, balancing how to address students that rely on chatbots to write papers and weighing how to best prepare students to enter a new workforce supported by AI.
Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to pray the rosary each day in October for peace.
Dale and Joyce Szyndrowski of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Plano listened carefully to Deacon Luis Boy preach his Sunday homily. For this past year, they have participated in the St. Joseph’s Preachers program, a lay listener course offered through the Institute for Homiletics where parishioners learn how to listen attentively during homilies.
The upcoming annual observance of Respect Life Month by the nation’s Catholics takes on new meaning amid the Jubilee Year of Hope, said the chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee.