That They May Be One
On the night before his arrest, Christ prayed that his followers would be one. In the Gospel of John, he prays not only for his disciples but for those who would come after them: I do not pray for these...
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Is Safety Enough?
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...
Safe From Abuse? Punishment, Prevention and Protection
On May 2nd, 2025, Robert Ferguson, Governor of the State of Washington, signed into law Bill 5375 making it mandatory for Catholic priests and other religious leaders to report “if they have reasonable cause to believe that a child has...
American Catholics Cannot Accept This Mass Deportation Campaign
Note from WPI: Given the importance of addressing the recent U.S. Immigration response, we have decided to dedicate this first week of March to highlighting the current situation in the U.S. and to discussing the Catholic response. We have chosen...
Thoughts on the Influence of Old Prejudice
[Editor’s Note: For a follow-up reflection from editor Mike Lewis addressing the discussion surrounding this article, see “Gold Is Tested in Fire.”] One day I was driving a fair distance to a York Regional Forest Trail to walk my dog...
The Holy Family: A Model for Families in a Troubled World
The Christmas season is a time of joy, reflection, and celebration. It is when families gather to share in the love and warmth of the season, despite the busyness and distractions that often come with it. Among the many feast...
A Warning about “The Warning”
Christine Watkins’s 2019 book, The Warning: Testimonies and Prophecies of the Illumination of Conscience, a bestseller on Amazon for years, predicts a future global event — a time-stopping “illumination of conscience” — during which every person on earth will momentarily see...
Glimpses of Hope: Journeying with Survivors of Clergy Abuse
[Editor’s note: This article by Mark Joseph Williams and Fr. Hans Zollner, SJ, speaks with clarity and honesty about one of the most painful and urgent issues facing the Church: how it listens to, responds to, and accompanies survivors of...
The Church’s Mixed Messages to Survivors: From Hostility to Healing
Editor’s Note: This week, John Bellocchio, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of the late Theodore McCarrick as a young teenager in Hackensack, New Jersey, forwarded me an email he received from the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey....
A Shepherd like the Good Shepherd
On the Sunday that we hear the words of Jesus in the Gospel, “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me,” (Jn 10:27), we have a new Pope. Pope Leo XIV is the 267th Pope of...
Pope Francis has changed us all
As the world awakens for the second day of the conclave, I find myself reflecting deeply on the future of the Church and the man who will soon occupy the Chair of Peter. We do not yet know who he...
Pope Francis broke me
Pope Francis broke me. I used to believe in a Church that was comforting. I loved exploring the depths and breadth of its teaching. I marveled at its grandeur. It was among those that also shared my beliefs and convictions...
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