This is an archive of Father Breighner’s most recent Catholic Review commentary preceding his 2023 retirement. Father Joseph Breighner Commentary FeatureHealth CareNewsWorld News Healing addiction requires faith, science and a pastoral commitment to love, say experts Gina Christian Oct 7, 2023 6 min read The McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame teamed up with the nonprofit Catholic in Recovery to present a Sept. 27 webinar on “Addiction and Recovery: Accompaniment Toward Wholeness and Healing,” part of the institute’s “Conversations That Matter” series. FeatureNewsWar in UkraineWorld News Russian attack on Ukrainian village shows ‘danger to the world at large,’ says archbishop Gina Christian Oct 6, 2023 6 min read A Russian attack that killed one fifth of a Ukrainian village’s residents shows a danger Russia “presents not only to Ukrainians, but to the world at large,” a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop told OSV News. FeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsWorld News Biden administration to expand U.S.-Mexico border wall, a move long opposed by U.S. bishops Kurt Jensen Oct 6, 2023 6 min read The U.S. government is moving ahead with plans to extend a border wall in South Texas, an action long opposed by the U.S. Catholic bishops. FeatureNewsSynodalityVaticanWorld News In book given at synod, Pope warns against idolatry camouflaged as sacred Carol Glatz Oct 6, 2023 4 min read Christian life is a battle each person must fight against the temptation to be self-sufficient and against a paganism disguised as sacredness, Pope Francis said in an introduction to a small book distributed to participants at the synod on synodality. FeatureNewsSynodalityVaticanWorld News Synod participants discuss formation, building a welcoming church Justin McLellan Oct 6, 2023 3 min read The formation of seminarians, the Catholic Church as a welcoming home for all, migration and ecumenism arose as common themes of discussion among participants of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 6, the Vatican said. Previous 1 … 1692 1693 1694 … 3140 Next