(This is an internal cultural commitment of ours, by the way, not a printed rule.) Here’s a sampling of our prohibited words. Visitor. Nobody entering a church deserves to be labeled a visitor.

In an Oct. 24 decree, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that ...

When you rely on word-of-mouth communication, people on the margins are more likely to be excluded. • Consider writing down some of the unspoken rules, customs, and traditions of your church. How do ...

While the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II has declared the Church's near total ... in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend ...

He said that the word “church” was not comprehensive enough ... At St Barnabas in Ealing a “Shh free” mass is on offer to ...

IN HER lecture at the Church Times Festival of Preaching last month ... Eliot wrote in 1934, we should, perhaps, “take no thought of the harvest, But only of proper sowing.” A word for the weary.

it’s no surprise that the Word of God receives first priority. Quoting the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on Divine Revelation, the Catechism explains: “The Church ‘forcefully and ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

By Katherine Schulten We invite teenagers to tell a true story about a meaningful life experience in just 100 words. Contest dates: Nov. 6 to Dec. 4, 2024. By The Learning Network Who is bigger ...

He found out about the church, where he now preaches, on social media - though most find their way there via word of mouth. Like all those interviewed at the church, his name has been changed to ...

Panaji: The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a wing of the Church in Goa, on Saturday appealed for restraint from protesters, while condemning “the insulting and derogatory statements” made by ...