Theology

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Dare to accept God's salvation

Aug 8, 2020

Scripture for Life: It takes faith to put our whole heart into praying, "Lord, let us see your kindness." It takes audacious trust to let go of our expectations and dare to accept the salvation God offers.

Vatican says baptisms that used a modified formula are not valid

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Aug 6, 2020

Changing the words of the formula for baptism renders the sacrament invalid, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Fr. Roger Karban (Celebration file photo)

Fr. Roger Karban, contributor to NCR's Scripture for Life, dies at age 80

by Pat Marrin

Jul 28, 2020

Appreciation: A priest of the Belleville Diocese and a master storyteller, Fr. Roger Karban made the Scriptures come alive in his writings for Celebration, NCR's worship resource.

Ahead of third execution, church leaders urged clemency or delay

by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service

Jul 20, 2020

Prior to the July 17 execution of Dustin Honken, a 52-year-old man from Iowa, Catholic leaders, including the bishops of Iowa, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and the Benedictine priest who had been Honken's spiritual adviser for 10 years, pleaded for a lesser sentence or at least a delay.

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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Dare to accept God's salvation

Vatican says baptisms that used a modified formula are not valid

Fr. Roger Karban, contributor to NCR's Scripture for Life, dies at age 80

Ahead of third execution, church leaders urged clemency or delay

Old Testament can be a guide for coping during trauma, say Bible scholars

New book on truth is excellent resource during coronavirus pandemic

In a society that places heavy burdens on many, Jesus invites us to rest

Black lives matter in the worshipping church

Book interweaves eucharistic practice with social, economic and ecological realities

Beware of 'radical nationalists' trying to use Christianity, Jesuit writes

Your thoughts on reopening churches after lockdown

Your thoughts on conservative Catholics, women deacons, sharing Eucharist and more

Beyond pandemic, reimagining Italy's Catholic clergy

A proposal for Catholic-Orthodox eucharistic sharing during the pandemic

New Australian report may help church find its way out of abuse crisis

Are 'Weird Christians' really 'punk,' or just elitist?

Your thoughts on women's roles in the church

Ecological theology meets theological response to suffering in Edwards' book

Earth Day 50 years on: It's all about the questions

Second Sunday of Easter: Honest Thomas

An Easter without Eucharist cannot keep Christ from being among us

Confession by Zoom? Pandemic revives conversation about reconciling from afar

In praise of bureaucracies -- in the government and church

From darkness to light when all is dark

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