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Peace in the Christmas Season
Pope Leo's Messages for Christmas and the World Day of Peace
 • Matthew Shadle
A Word of Hope and Joy
Readings for Advent and Christmas
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More on Monogamy and Mary
Further Conversation on Two Recent Vatican Documents
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The US Bishops' Special Message on Immigration
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Bishop Barron and the Political Moment
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A Divide in the USCCB on Immigration?
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Pope Francis's Last Words
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Salvation Outside the Church: The Development of a Doctrine
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What We Profess with our Mouths Must Come from the Heart
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Reading the Vatican Commission Report on the Female Diaconate
Inconclusive Findings, Open Theological Questions
 • Matthew Shadle
A Pastoral Rebuke of Illegal and Immoral Orders
Archbishop Broglio's Statement on Recent Military Strikes in the Caribbean
 • Matthew Shadle
A Commentary on Una Caro, the Vatican's Document on Monogamy
"Both the New and the Old"
 • Matthew Shadle
The US Bishops' You Are Not Alone Initiative
How Local Churches Can Stand in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees
 • Matthew Shadle
What We Profess with our Mouths Must Come from the Heart
Pope Leo on the Nicene Creed
 • Matthew Shadle
An Update from the Synod Study Groups
Getting Close to the Finish Line?
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A Commentary on the DDF's Mater Populi Fidelis
Mary's Cooperation in the Work of Salvation
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The US Bishops' Special Message on Immigration
A Word of Accompaniment
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Doctrine and Tradition

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More on Monogamy and Mary
Further Conversation on Two Recent Vatican Documents
 • Matthew Shadle
Reading the Vatican Commission Report on the Female Diaconate
Inconclusive Findings, Open Theological Questions
 • Matthew Shadle
A Commentary on Una Caro, the Vatican's Document on Monogamy
"Both the New and the Old"
 • Matthew Shadle
What We Profess with our Mouths Must Come from the Heart
Pope Leo on the Nicene Creed
 • Matthew Shadle
A Commentary on the DDF's Mater Populi Fidelis
Mary's Cooperation in the Work of Salvation
 • Matthew Shadle

Faith and Public Life

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Peace in the Christmas Season
Pope Leo's Messages for Christmas and the World Day of Peace
 • Matthew Shadle
A Pastoral Rebuke of Illegal and Immoral Orders
Archbishop Broglio's Statement on Recent Military Strikes in the Caribbean
 • Matthew Shadle
The US Bishops' You Are Not Alone Initiative
How Local Churches Can Stand in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees
 • Matthew Shadle
The US Bishops' Special Message on Immigration
A Word of Accompaniment
 • Matthew Shadle
A Divide in the USCCB on Immigration?
Bishop Barron's Strategy of Quiet Engagement
 • Matthew Shadle

Immigration

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The US Bishops' You Are Not Alone Initiative
How Local Churches Can Stand in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees
 • Matthew Shadle
The US Bishops' Special Message on Immigration
A Word of Accompaniment
 • Matthew Shadle
A Divide in the USCCB on Immigration?
Bishop Barron's Strategy of Quiet Engagement
 • Matthew Shadle
October Grab Bag
Bishop Seitz on Conscience, Potential Conflict with Venezuela, and Being Less Judgmental
 • Matthew Shadle
House Republicans' Contradictory Investigations
The Catholic Church, Religious Liberty, and Christian Nationalism
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Spirituality, Prayer, and Ministry

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A Word of Hope and Joy
Readings for Advent and Christmas
 • Matthew Shadle
Reading the Vatican Commission Report on the Female Diaconate
Inconclusive Findings, Open Theological Questions
 • Matthew Shadle
Theology for All Saints
Readings for Commemorating the Faithful Departed
 • Matthew Shadle
October Grab Bag
Bishop Seitz on Conscience, Potential Conflict with Venezuela, and Being Less Judgmental
 • Matthew Shadle
A Teenage Saint?
The Complexity of Carlo Acutis
 • Matthew Shadle

Synodality

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An Update from the Synod Study Groups
Getting Close to the Finish Line?
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A (Synodal) Church which is Poor and for the Poor
A First Reflection on Pope Leo XIV's Dilexi Te
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Pope Leo's Interview with Crux
Demonstrating a Synodal Leadership Style
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Talking About Synodality
Parsing the Style of Vatican Documents
 • Matthew Shadle
So You Want to Implement Synodality...
The Vatican Begins the Implementation Phase of the Synodal Process
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Technology, Faith, and Ethics

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Pope Leo Addresses Catholic Social Media Influencers
Also: The Controversy at Detroit's Seminary
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End of June Grab Bag
More on Immigration, Spyware, and the Vatican Web Site
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February Grab Bag
The Synod Study Groups Make Progress, a Spyware Scandal Touches the Catholic Church, and More
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The Vatican Speaks on Artificial and Human Intelligence
The Document Antiqua et Nova
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The Pope and the Vatican

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Peace in the Christmas Season
Pope Leo's Messages for Christmas and the World Day of Peace
 • Matthew Shadle
More on Monogamy and Mary
Further Conversation on Two Recent Vatican Documents
 • Matthew Shadle
Reading the Vatican Commission Report on the Female Diaconate
Inconclusive Findings, Open Theological Questions
 • Matthew Shadle
A Commentary on Una Caro, the Vatican's Document on Monogamy
"Both the New and the Old"
 • Matthew Shadle
What We Profess with our Mouths Must Come from the Heart
Pope Leo on the Nicene Creed
 • Matthew Shadle

The Theological Vocation

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Begging Pardon from the Doctors
St. Francis de Sales and Rejecting Theological Authorities
 • Matthew Shadle
Reimagining the Theological Vocation
The College Theology Society's 2025 Annual Convention
 • Matthew Shadle
Catholic Theology in the Face of Mass Deportation
Reflections on a CTSA Virtual Event
 • Matthew Shadle
What I've Been Working On
Renaissance Scotists?
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Rereading Henri de Lubac's The Mystery of the Supernatural
History and Human Nature
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