Listening is indistinguishable from loving. It works with your child, your cashier, your great aunt and your barista. A tilt of the head, a twinkle in the eye and a three-word request: “Tell me more.”
Christina Capecchi: Listening as loving — moving beyond ‘good job’
Parents urged to be first to explain to their children what happened when a traumatic event occurs
On March 27, Nashville became the site of the country’s latest deadly shooting at a school.
Bishops find Catholic disciples, evangelizers with ‘deep spiritual thirst’ on San Quentin death row
The visit to death row “was especially heart-wrenching, but even there, I saw a desire for a deeper spiritual life,” he said in a reflection on the March 7 visit shared by the California Catholic Conference in a March 14 email newsletter.
Here is the simplest way to share faith with kids
“It turns out, ordinary conversations matter more than anything else.”
Catholics, Anglicans discern ‘the Spirit at work’ in latest ecumenical dialogue
Over the past several years, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops and the Anglican Church in North America have moved from an initial “meet and greet … to really looking at theology together,” Father Walter Kedjierski, executive director of the USCCB’s Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
Jesuitical marks five years; ‘young, hip and lay’ podcast has global reach
With over a million total downloads and about 40,000-50,000 downloads per month, Jesuitical has reached listeners globally, grown an online community, found financial supporters and is even hosting a pilgrimage to Italy in September.
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Move to meet people with love — even around the family table
Feasts like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s bring moments ripe for conversation with relatives — for better or for worse.