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Immigration and Catholic Social Teaching

Kristin E. Heyer, Boston College professor of theology Heyer begins by setting the contemporary political scene within which immigrants are viewed and understood. She then counters that with a reflection on her own experience of immigrants, which is quite different from…

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Bishops & Dioceses Catholic bishops, cardinals and dioceses: appointments, bishops' conferences, statements and the life of local churches.
Abuse Crisis & Accountability Clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church: survivors, investigations, lawsuits and diocesan bankruptcies, and the Church's safeguarding reforms.
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Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting Rules Holy days of obligation, Lent, Ash Wednesday, fasting and abstinence, and the feasts of the Catholic liturgical year.
The Eucharist & Adoration The Eucharist and the Real Presence, Eucharistic adoration and processions, first Communion and the Eucharistic revival.
The Seven Sacraments Baptism, confirmation, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders and matrimony: what the sacraments are and how Catholics receive them.
Latin Mass & Traditional Catholics The Traditional Latin Mass, traditionalist Catholics, the SSPX and the debate over restrictions on the older liturgy.
What Catholics Believe Catholic doctrine explained: the Catechism, Scripture and Tradition, the magisterium, salvation and purgatory, and how Catholic teaching compares.
Becoming Catholic (OCIA/RCIA) Joining the Catholic Church: OCIA (formerly RCIA), converts' stories, the Easter Vigil and the rise in adult entrants.
Mary & Marian Apparitions The Virgin Mary in Catholic faith: Marian devotion and dogmas, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fatima, Lourdes and reported apparitions.
Rosary & Catholic Prayers The rosary, novenas, the Angelus, the Divine Mercy chaplet and other Catholic prayers and devotions.
Saint of the Day & Patron Saints Today's saint and feast, patron saints and their stories, relics and the lives of beloved saints.
Saints & Canonizations New saints and blesseds: canonizations, beatifications, causes for sainthood and the miracles behind them.
Catholic Family & Parish Life Catholic family life and parish community: marriage, parenting, youth ministry, parish festivals and volunteers.
Priests, Nuns & Religious Orders Priests and vocations, seminarians, religious sisters and brothers, and orders such as the Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans and Benedictines.
Knights of Columbus & Lay Movements The Knights of Columbus and Catholic lay movements - Opus Dei, Communion and Liberation, Sant'Egidio, the Catholic Worker and others.
Eastern Catholic Churches & Ordinariates Eastern Catholic churches in communion with Rome - Maronite, Melkite, Chaldean, Ukrainian, Syro-Malabar - and the Anglican ordinariates.
Catholic Social Teaching Catholic social teaching on human dignity, the poor, work, migrants, creation and new technology, from Rerum Novarum to Laudato Si' and Dilexi Te.
Catholic History & Vatican II Catholic history from the early councils to the Reformation and the Second Vatican Council, and the popes and events that shaped the Church.
Catholic Pilgrimages & Shrines Catholic pilgrimages and holy places: the Jubilee in Rome, the Camino de Santiago, national shrines, basilicas and the Holy Land.
Catholic Schools & Universities Catholic schools and universities: enrollment, school choice, Catholic identity on campus and news from parish schools to Notre Dame.
Catholic Charities & Hospitals Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, Caritas, St. Vincent de Paul and Catholic hospitals serving the poor, the sick and migrants.
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