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Nothing really changed after Vatican II. But sy...
The word synodality has been around a year or so now and people are still asking what it really means — for them, of course. The last time the church...
Nothing really changed after Vatican II. But sy...
The word synodality has been around a year or so now and people are still asking what it really means — for them, of course. The last time the church...

That we all may be ... what? 'E pluribus unum' ...
I'm sure I recognize the place. The question is what happened to it? You remember us: We're the ones who showed all the other people of the world how to...
That we all may be ... what? 'E pluribus unum' ...
I'm sure I recognize the place. The question is what happened to it? You remember us: We're the ones who showed all the other people of the world how to...

Behold I am doing something new ... maybe
Some things I did not see. But what I did see during this year's Christmas season was far more important than the things I did not.
Behold I am doing something new ... maybe
Some things I did not see. But what I did see during this year's Christmas season was far more important than the things I did not.

The leadership we wanted and the leadership we got
Here's what's worrying me: When I wrote the "Prayer for Leadership" years ago, I was clearly quite immune to the idea that we might already be running out of leaders...
The leadership we wanted and the leadership we got
Here's what's worrying me: When I wrote the "Prayer for Leadership" years ago, I was clearly quite immune to the idea that we might already be running out of leaders...

Will religious life rise again–and should it?
The question this column purports to answer is a clear one: Will religious life rise again? Yes? But is it sensible in this day and age to even think of...
Will religious life rise again–and should it?
The question this column purports to answer is a clear one: Will religious life rise again? Yes? But is it sensible in this day and age to even think of...

Love is the essence of religious community life
Mahatma Gandhi, a seriously spiritual figure, wrote "Where there is love, there is life." But is that true of celibate religious communities?
Love is the essence of religious community life
Mahatma Gandhi, a seriously spiritual figure, wrote "Where there is love, there is life." But is that true of celibate religious communities?