One hundred years ago, Fr. Luigi Sturzo was settling down in London. He had departed Rome two weeks earlier, on October 25, 1924. Five years earlier, in 1919, he had founded and led the Partito Popolare Italiano, which drew inspiration from the Catholic Church’s social teachings—particularly Rerum Novarum—and decades of Catholic
As a missionary serving in Adelaide in the mid-1990s, it often felt like trials were significant. While not common, physical confrontations occurred. Several companions were pushed off porches, we were occasionally threatened with physical violence, and we had eggs thrown at us, helmets smashed, or even – in one case
In the United States, November is Native American Heritage Month. Racial Justice Ministries would like to elevate the voices and work of our Indigenous siblings by bringing attention to the multitude of events by the ELCA’s Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations. A full list of offerings for this month can
And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. 42I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." 43When he had said this, he cried
Today’s Reading: Read Matthew 27:1-31; Mark 15:1-20; Luke 23:1-25; John 18:28-19:16 Have you ever been blamed for something that you did not do? Parents, if you can, share about a time when you have been held responsible for something that you weren’t responsible for. How did you respond? Ask your
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe takes office, proclaims ‘one church in Christ’ for a changing world The Most Rev. Sean Rowe began his nine-year term as the 28th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church with an intimate but festive investiture service on Nov. 2 in New York that was livestreamed to
Christianity is all about the human response of faith, or so popular teaching and perception would have us believe. Undeniably, faith is essential to Christianity—right? Or is it? I would argue that like rot in an apple, much of the malaise in contemporary Christianity stems from a rotten core. The
I had the privilege of recruiting, and then appointing, Fr. Gustavo to the Department of Theology here at the University of Notre Dame in 2001. I had the privilege of recruiting and appointing many great theologians, far surpassing my own stature or ability, but Fr. Gustavo was certainly by any