The event "Do Not Be Afraid: March and Vigil for Human Dignity," commissioned by the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, the Hope Border Institute and others, was about remembrance of the past and protest of the present.
The stories we heard through a Vatican project were moving accounts of the lives of everyday people, and the resilience of many who are rejected and abandoned at the peripheries of life by society and our churches.
The Discerning Deacons project, dedicated to engaging Catholics about the role of women and the diaconate, has been active in the synodal process. The group has led some 350 synod consultations with over 8,800 people.
Book Review: In Kirstin Valdez Quade's debut novel, 'The Five Wounds,' the 33-year-old protagonist believes that Jesus is a living witness to his sins — of which there have been many.
Commentary: When I asked others with know-how in Catholic liturgical circles in the U.S. Southwestern states about the practice of using mariachi music in Catholic liturgy, I received responses with two main themes.
We say: What fruit is born from suing for the records of a Catholic sister who gives lifesaving assistance at the U.S.-Mexico border? Or from smearing the work of a Catholic agency that helps refugees arriving at the border?
Prominent Catholics are criticizing CatholicVote for what they see as a cynical ploy to attack President Biden's record on immigration by casting aspersions on Catholic agencies that assist migrants near the southern border.
Commentary: I must confess that I had concerns about Pope Francis' expressed desire that synodality be implemented at every level of the church's life. In Cuautitlán, my misgivings about synodality were dispelled.
