Recently, the Archdiocese of Detroit mandated fingerprinting of all archdiocesan employees, including clergy, religious, and lay, as well as volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults. This has been added as an enhanced safeguard to the background checks and other practices for protecting children and vulnerable adults already established in the archdiocese....
In the work I do with people who have experienced harm and abuse in the Church, a question that often comes up is: Why are you still Catholic? Every person responds to that question in their own way. Maybe the most common response I hear is that it’s the sacraments, the Eucharist, that’s...
In a world where headlines move fast and opinions move even faster, it’s becoming harder to know what’s actually true—especially when it comes to news about the Pope. In this video, Pedro Gabriel walks through a simple, practical approach to dealing with fake news and misleading narratives online. Drawing from past experience across...
Recently, the Archdiocese of Detroit mandated fingerprinting of all archdiocesan employees, including clergy, religious, and lay, as well as volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults. This has been added as an enhanced safeguard to the background checks and other practices for protecting children and vulnerable adults already established in the archdiocese....
In the work I do with people who have experienced harm and abuse in the Church, a question that often comes up is: Why are you still Catholic? Every person responds to that question in their own way. Maybe the most common response I hear is that it’s the sacraments, the Eucharist, that’s...
In a world where headlines move fast and opinions move even faster, it’s becoming harder to know what’s actually true—especially when it comes to news about the Pope. In this video, Pedro Gabriel walks through a simple, practical approach to dealing with fake news and misleading narratives online. Drawing from past experience across...
This is the work of God, who knows that we need the food produced by the earth, that diverse and expressive reality that your ancestors called the “Pachamama” and that reflects the work of the Divine Providence by offering its gifts for Man’s sake. (scroll down for answer)
Today in a message commemorating the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia — Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation on marriage and the family — Pope Leo announced a meeting of the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences to take place in Rome in October. Describing his predecessor’s document as “a luminous message of hope regarding...
[Editor’s note: Peter Thiel — billionaire investor, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, and a major influence in contemporary technology and politics — has in recent years drawn attention for his public reflections on apocalyptic themes, including the Antichrist and the biblical concept of the “katechon,” or the force that restrains the end of history....
For centuries, the Catholic Church taught that war could be morally justified under strict conditions known as just war theory. But in recent decades, popes have increasingly spoken about war in much stronger terms—sometimes even saying that there is no such thing as a just war. Does this mean the Church has abandoned...
This fourth Sunday of Lent we celebrate the second of the three Scrutinies for our Elect, the second of three opportunities for us to pray over – and for – those who are preparing to be baptized at Easter. When we consider the readings for today, it’s important to note that the readings...
A Homily for Laetare Sunday Many years ago, people would often ask me whether I thought this person or that person in the seminary was going to make a good priest and I would readily offer my opinion. I’ve since refused to answer such questions only because I’ve been wrong far too often....
We are past the halfway mark of Lent. The ashes from Ash Wednesday have long faded, yet their memory lingers — a quiet reminder of the promises we made to pray more faithfully, fast more intentionally, and love more deeply. By this point, the journey can feel less like steady progress and more...
The first Reading and the Gospel, which we have heard, in dialogue with each other, help us to rediscover the gift of Baptism as a grace that comes towards our freedom. The account of Genesis recalls our condition as creatures, put to the test not so much by a prohibition, as is often...
(This interview has been edited for length and clarity. It was originally published by Indian Catholic Matters on February 25, 2026.) In a world increasingly shaped by religious diversity and global interconnection, few church leaders embody the lived experience of dialogue as fully as His Eminence Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the...
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