Beginning this week and continuing until Lent, Catholics will be listening to the Gospel of Mark at weekday Eucharists. This wasn’t always the case. When I was growing up in the 1950s and early 1960s, ...

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Sunday, Oct. 9, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19. The question at the heart of today’s Gospel is best ...

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In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his predecessor. By Jason Horowitz Elizabeth Dias Emma Bubola and Richard Pérez-Peña ...

(RNS) — Of the four Gospel writers, Mark is the one you would not want to invite to dinner. But he is the one who will challenge you to listen more carefully and to think more deeply about Jesus. (RNS ...