What ever happened to the term “Cafeteria Catholic”? If you spent any time in Catholic spaces during the late 2000s or early 2010s, you probably heard it everywhere, to describe Catholics who “pick and choose” which teachings to follow. But then, almost overnight, the phrase disappeared. In this video, Pedro Gabriel takes a...
BALTIMORE — In a closely contested vote at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) fall plenary assembly in Baltimore on November 11, 2025, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City was elected as the new president of the USCCB. Coakley, who previously served as the conference’s secretary, edged out Bishop Daniel E....
It’s that time of year again, when we’re greeted at the grocery store by carts full of half-price Halloween candy before we pass the displays of cranberries in one aisle and candy canes in another. The day after Thanksgiving, those cranberries will be reduced for quick sale to make room for the Valentine’s...
What ever happened to the term “Cafeteria Catholic”? If you spent any time in Catholic spaces during the late 2000s or early 2010s, you probably heard it everywhere, to describe Catholics who “pick and choose” which teachings to follow. But then, almost overnight, the phrase disappeared. In this video, Pedro Gabriel takes a...
BALTIMORE — In a closely contested vote at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) fall plenary assembly in Baltimore on November 11, 2025, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City was elected as the new president of the USCCB. Coakley, who previously served as the conference’s secretary, edged out Bishop Daniel E....
It’s that time of year again, when we’re greeted at the grocery store by carts full of half-price Halloween candy before we pass the displays of cranberries in one aisle and candy canes in another. The day after Thanksgiving, those cranberries will be reduced for quick sale to make room for the Valentine’s...
There is a sense of mystery and an understanding of the divine that is, I think, part of many of the religions in Asia, and this certainly opens the door to different kinds of interreligious dialogue. I think this is a treasure for the whole Church: Eastern and Western. I also believe it...
Calling the Second Vatican Council the “Map for the Journey Ahead,” Apostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre urged the U.S. bishops gathered in Baltimore for their Fall General Assembly to walk in a synodal spirit, in continuity with Vatican II, and warned against retrenchment amid cultural and political turbulence. Cardinal Pierre, who serves as...
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new document, Mater Populi Fidelis, has stirred debate among Catholics, especially over whether it carries magisterial authority. Some claim it’s just a personal statement from Cardinal Víctor Fernández, not something binding on the faithful. But is that true? In this video, Pedro Gabriel looks closely...
Homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome In the first reading, Ezekiel has a vision of the temple of Jerusalem, where water was flowing from below the threshold toward the east, from the right side. The water gives life to whatever it touches. But we know from...
On Friday, November 8, the United States Supreme Court halted a lower court’s ruling that the Trump Administration must fully fund SNAP. Feeding America’s chief marketing and communications officer, Monica Lopez Gonzalez, said that the current “situation is catastrophic” and that “42 million people are having a hard time affording groceries, and their...
Today, I repeat: the Church needs you at the frontiers — whether they be geographical, cultural, intellectual or spiritual. These are places of risk, where familiar maps are no longer sufficient. There, like Ignatius and the Jesuit martyrs who followed him, you are called to discern, innovate and trust in Christ. . . When...
Originally published in Religión Digital, November 7, 2025 Translated and edited for Where Peter Is, with permission from Religión Digital [Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a six-part investigative series originally published by Religión Digital on November 7, 2025, and presented here in English translation with permission. The series explores the rise...
Earlier today, November 4, 2025, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released Mater populi fidelis with Pope Leo XIV’s approval. The document is a response to years of questions related to Marian titles and devotions that the dicastery has received. It seeks to illuminate the ways that we refer to Mary...
This week I spoke with Sr. Danielle Victoria Lussier and Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble from the Sisters of the Little Way of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness. We discussed their new audio documentary, Descent Into Light, about adult abuse in the Church. Sr. Theresa and Sr. Danielle have been real sources of consolation for me...
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