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Students at the University of California, Berkeley, with the Campanile tower in the background. / Credit: cdrin/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA).After serving at the elite California public university since 1907, the Paulist Fathers announced Wednesday that they will leave the University of California, Berkeley, citing "the changing landscape of the Catholic Church in the United States and the shifting demographics of our own members."In a press release, the congregation of missionary priests said they had decided after a "comprehensive discernment process" to return Newman Hall-Holy Spirit Parish, which serves the university's campus, to the care of the Diocese of Oakland at the end of the academic year. They also announced several other staffing changes related to the Paulists' operations in the U.S., including the closing of several nationwide ministries. "The Paulist Fathers remain committed to sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with mission...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis's concern for migrants and refugees, his focus on ecology, his calls to "go out" to share the good news of salvation, even his support for the controversial possibility of informally blessing LGBTQ+ couples flow from his conviction that people need to know they belong to God, to one another and to creation."All the life-threatening crises that beset us around the world, from the ecological crisis to the wars, the injustices against the poor and vulnerable, have their roots in this rejection of our belonging to God and to each other," the pope wrote in a foreword to "First Belong to God: A Retreat with Pope Francis," a book released Feb. 13, the day before the beginning of Lent.To understand Pope Francis and his teaching, it is helpful to understand -- and even experience -- the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius that have shaped his spirituality since he joined the Jesuits in 1958, said Austen Ivereigh, author of the new book.Ivereigh, who has wri...
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