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Leading with beauty—and classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age
In a culture deeply divided, this study guide program strives to inspire the moral imagination of young people through classic films. […]
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A young Zimbabwean reflects on the pre-synodal meeting in Rome
Pope Francis encouraged the young people present to be “protagonists” in the life of the Church. […]
Features
Youth, liturgy, and the need for true worship
Liturgy – like the Faith it celebrates – never admits of an “erector-set” approach; good liturgy, true liturgy is received, not fabricated, and it takes […]
Interview
Bishop Conley of Lincoln: “Success breeds success” when it comes to vocations
The head of a vocational powerhouse explains what his diocese is getting right. […]
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Southern Africa hosts Mini World Youth Day
Thousands of Catholic youth from all over Africa came together earlier this month to celebrate their faith and their passion for the Gospel. […]
Special Report
World Youth Day Krakow—one year later
One year ago, Pope Francis encouraged an estimated two million young pilgrims gathered outside Krakow, Poland from all corners of the world to “get off the couch” and begin their adult lives as brave, tenacious […]
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Night and Soho
The lanterns glow through the dusk as the summer evening darkens into twilight. Meanwhile revelers in the garden square make their way slowly to the gates as the park-keeper gradually rounds them up. More noisily, […]
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A Word to Those Being Confirmed
One of the greatest privileges I have as a bishop is the opportunity to preside at the sacrament of Confirmation. A drawback, however, is that I am obligated to conduct over forty Confirmations in roughly […]
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The 2018 Synod and the “new approach” to youth in the Church
In January, the Vatican made a formal announcement of the convening in October 2018 of a synod of bishops from across the world on the subject of “Youth, Faith, and Vocational Discernment”. At the same […]
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Synod-talk, again
On January 13 the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops published a “preparatory document” for the 2018 Synod on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment. The document begins well enough, with a brief meditation on St. […]