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SEE AND TESTIFY Today’s scripture opens with a focus on Isaiah’s “servant” - the light to the nations; the light then moves to John the Baptist and his testimony about Jesus and finally that light comes to rest on us, both as church and as individual witnesses to the light of Christ.   READ MORE

LEO XIV CALLS CHURCH TO READ VATICAN II DOCUMENTS: NEW AUDIENCE TOPIC With a new series of Wednesday catecheses, the Pontiff said he intends to invite the faithful “to rediscover the beauty and importance” of Vatican II, not “by hearsay” but by rereading its documents. SIGNS OF DEPARTURE Eight months after his election, having completed his first trip abroad, Pope Leo XIV has given us a pretty good sense of his theological and political visions and his fundamental continuities with Pope Francis. But he has also shown signs of departure from his predecessor, especially in how he governs the Vatican and the Curia.   THE U.S. BISHOPS HAVE MADE A (NEEDED) STATEMENT ON DEPORTATIONS. NOW IT’S TIME TO ACT. Now is the time for the U.S. church—priests, religious and the lay faithful—to act to end these policies and build support for immigration reform that allows our long-contributing immigrant brothers and sisters to finally become permanent members of our parishes and communities.   AS THE CATHOLIC RIGHT GAINS STRENGTH, ONE MAN IS TRYING TO ENSURE THE CATHOLIC LEFT DOESN’T GET LEFT BEHIND Christopher Hale is the head of the “Letters from Leo” website and one of the rising leaders of the "Catholic Left" in the United States. REWIRING OUR LIVES TOGETHER, THE FRANCISCAN WAY We are in the season of Incarnation—God becoming flesh. It is a beautiful time of the year that brings out the best of humanity, even in the worst of situations. During this season more than any other, we see the deeper meaning of our reality: love is our true nature, and care for one another humanizes us. CAN DOCTRINE BE CHANGED? ANOTHER LOOK AT POPE LEO'S COMMENT ON LGBTQ+ CATHOLICS Reflecting on Pope Leo's recent comment in an interview, Daniel Horan suggests we look to history for the ways in which changing attitudes did eventually result in changing doctrine. THIS POLITICAL MOMENT DEMANDS THEOLOGY As Christians, we need to protest authoritarianism and support the people it targets. We also need to underscore the deep foundations of this work. We need to say how our theological vision of people illumines politics and the workings and organization of critical institutions. THE FLAVOR OF GOD’S ENERGY We feel energy, powerfully, within ourselves. We know energy, we feel energy, but what we rarely recognize its origins, its prodigiousness, its joy, its goodness, its effervescence, and its exuberance. We rarely recognize what it tells us about God. What does it tell us?