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TWO OR THREE... At the time that Matthew wrote his Gospel, the early church was on its own, no longer a part of the Jewish community and therefore no longer observing the daily norms and customs of that religious tradition. The community needed guidelines for its life together and throughout his Gospel, Matthew portrays Jesus as a community builder instructing his disciples on matters that emphasize and focus on the community of believers. READ MORE

THE CATHOLIC PRINCIPLE GUIDING POPES THROUGH TECH UPHEAVALS While the technology might be new, the principles guiding the pope’s perspectives have deep roots. Subsidiarity is a core tenet of Catholic social teaching that has guided the church’s response to technological upheavals for almost a century. Simply defined, subsidiarity means that, whenever possible, decisions should be made by the people most affected by them. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING IS HAVING A MOMENT The Church’s best-kept secret is helping redefine Catholicism’s role in American politics. We tend to think that when the church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. There are much more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue.   BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT: FIDELITY TO THE MAGISTERIUM Fidelity to the Magisterium also requires Catholics to distinguish between doctrine and discipline. They are not the same, yet they are often spoken of as though they were, creating unnecessary confusion.   2 YEARS AFTER LEAVING RELIGIOUS LIFE: REFLECTIONS ON GRACE, MARRIAGE AND CLERICALISM Although everybody's story is distinctive, there was one theme that continually surfaced in these conversations: shame. Their stories bear witness to yet another example of the church's dangerous culture of shame and silencing; to a sinful legacy of disrespect and abandonment; and to the deep-seated clericalism that motivates these sorts of tragic behaviors. TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK IS NOT FOR “LOSERS” — POPE LEO XIV’S MESSAGE FROM A BOAT ON LAKE ALBANO That is the theology behind the Vicar of Christ walking by the beach bar. The Word became flesh and walked past the beer coolers, and on Saturday his vicar let himself be filmed from a dinghy by people in bathing suits, on a red-alert heat night, as if to prove that the incarnation was never a metaphor. THE PROBLEM WITH ‘WOMEN’S ORDINATION’ By restricting the priesthood to men, the Catholic Church distorts humanity’s sacramental encounter with God and violates a fundamental right to spiritual discernment, creating a injustice that sacralizes global gender inequality. WHEN LITURGY WELCOMES US — AND WHEN IT DOESN'T One's experience is simply that, experience. Neither positive nor negative. The experience largely depends on so many factors. The ritual and word can feel very welcoming and inclusive one time and anything but another time, or can even shift dramatically during a single liturgy. A TIME TO BE BRAVE This September carries another memory: the beautiful morning twenty-five years ago when in a matter of hours so much that had seemed secure suddenly was not. Much of our world feels that way now.