The question was simple and familiar to many in religious life: How does one deal with a curmudgeon – someone who is set in his ways, resistant to change and vocal about it?
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Sister Rose Sylvia Lindner, S.S.N.D., dies at 91
A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Rose Sylvia Lindner was offered July 2 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore. Sister Rose Sylvia died June 18. She was 91.
Radio Interview: The true story of ‘Xavier Rynne’
During the Second Vatican Council, a mysterious voice began reporting from inside the closed-door sessions — exposing tensions and calling for reform. That voice belonged to Xavier Rynne, the pseudonym of Father Francis Xavier Murphy, a Redemptorist priest who risked everything to write anonymously about the council’s inner workings.
Massacre ‘of faithful in the house of God’ in Congolese Catholic church leaves 43 dead
At least 43 people, including children, were killed July 27 in a brutal overnight attack on a Catholic church in Komanda in eastern Congo.
Pope welcomes young people to Rome for jubilee, thanks media for promoting truth
Greeting tens of thousands of visitors crowded in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed all the young people who arrived in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
Warsaw archbishop ‘devastated, crushed’ by priest’s arrest in brutal murder of homeless man
The Catholic Church in Poland is grappling with a shocking tragedy: A diocesan priest has confessed to the brutal murder of a homeless man.
Jubilee of Youth chance to celebrate hope, fraternity in world at war, panel says
More than half a million young people from 146 countries are set to arrive July 28 for the start of the weeklong Jubilee of Youth, which will include a special Jubilee dedicated to Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers.
Can’t afford a Catholic college? Think again. Many offer full tuition options
For high school students yearning to attend a Catholic college, there is an encouraging development: Many Catholic institutions of higher learning are increasingly committed to making academia accessible through free, full tuition programs.
Detroit archbishop fires theologians Ralph Martin, Eduardo Echeverría from seminary
Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Detroit fired two prominent theologians from their longstanding roles at Sacred Heart Major Seminary July 23.
LA archbishop, joined by business leaders, starts fund to help families affected by ICE raids
A lineup of Los Angeles business leaders joined Archbishop José H. Gomez July 23 to unveil a new fund aimed at helping families affected by recent immigration raids.
FBI surveilled SSPX priest amid probe of suspected neo-Nazi’s plans for violence
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee July 22 released an interim staff report alleging the FBI surveilled a Catholic priest after he declined to speak about conversations he had with a suspected neo-Nazi defendant, a self-described “radical traditional Catholic clerical fascist” the FBI was investigating for making violent threats online.
Parishes need to launch ‘revolution of care’ for the elderly, pope says
Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group or association to become part of a “revolution” of care and gratitude by regularly visiting older people.