Think you’re not a Catholic leader? You might be surprised
So please, if you feel called to join LifeSiteNews in Rome this October 31 – November 1, do come. We need your wisdom. You can read about the Rome Life Forum at romelifeforum.com
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Come for the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage, stay for the Rome Life Forum
The Synod on Synodality begins in October, and the annual Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage coincides with its end. The Rome Life Forum, which will deliberate the crisis in the Church and the world, takes place shortly after that. This is both a happy accident and an opportunity.
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The unexpected way I found God during a visit to St. Peter’s Basilica
In my experience of Rome, God’s presence wasn’t something static – to be found in a cupola or a chair – but mobile and alive in grace-filled people.
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I have no children. Here’s what I do for Mother’s Day
Although we traditionally associate spiritual motherhood with women religious, the very concept of the godmother (and I am the godmother of four) underscores that all women are called to be spiritual mothers in some sense.
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Happy Christmas (COVID tyranny’s over)
For me, back in Canada after almost three years of exile, Christmas is the season of forgiving but not forgetting.
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Pro-abortion colonialism: Americans lead the charge against free speech at Edinburgh University in Scotland
Ownership. Entitlement. And colonialism, too. Americans especially seem to be punching down and above their weight in Scotland.
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New book equips Catholics with arguments to protect the integrity of the priesthood
The clericalization of the laity (or its supposed 'elites') is particularly harmful for women, whose greatest contribution to the Church—motherhood, physical or spiritual—has been cast into the shade.
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Why this Australian priest fighting for his Latin Mass community means so much to Catholics in Scotland
There’s nothing wrong with the Traditional Latin Mass, but there’s a lot wrong with the traditional 'pray, pay, and obey' attitude of too many manager-bishops
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Maintaining a budget book keeps me rooted in reality
It is possible I am addicted to my budget planners, but I wouldn’t consider that a bad thing because, like the bathroom scales, they keep me rooted in reality.
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Spiritual athletics are not enough. You must cure thoughtlessness, too
Thoughtful acts performed daily make for family peace, whereas daily thoughtlessness creates tension, resentment, and soul-searing putdowns.
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