Parish Challenges

Becoming a Pastoral Parish Council
 by Patricia Carroll
 Reviewed by Independent Catholic News

Becoming a Parish of Intentional Disciples
 edited by Sherry Weddell
 Reviewed by Eric Gallagher.

New Ebook Helps Parishes Reach More People
 by Pushpay/Crux

Rozanski’s call: St. Louis archbishop to decide fate of dozens of Catholic parishes
 by Jesse Bogan St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Can laypeople lead a parish? Look to Louisville for a thriving example
 by Jospeh Martos National Catholic Reporter

Two years into pandemic, some Catholic parishes stretching their dollars
 by Brian Fraga National Catholic Reporter

Italian bishop suspends priest who campaigns against vaccine mandate
 by Breitbart

Priest Resigns After Two Decades of Performing 'Invalid' Baptisms
 by Nick Mordowanec U.S.News

Chicago Catholic parishes facing steep hardships during pandemic, but leaders remain hopeful
 by Karen Ann Cullotta The Chicago Tribune

The Pandemic Has Hit Catholic Parishes Hard, Also Taking a Toll on Priests
 by Luke Coppen Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

Filling vital US ministry roles, foreign-born priests need deliberate support to thrive
 by Maria Benevento  National Catholic Reporter

Cardinal Kasper Defends Vatican Instruction on Parishes
 by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

Mississippi in Yiddish. The story of a hugely popular play about African Americans falsely accused of raping two white women in 1931 in Scottsboro, Alabama—that premiered in 1935 Warsaw
 by Alyssa Quint  Tablet

Explainer: 5 takeaways from the Vatican’s new document on parish reform
 by Colleen Dulle  America

Survey of bishops reveals how pandemic has shaken diocesan, parish life
 by Dennis Sadowski CatholicNews Service/National Catholic Reporter

Returning churchgoers greeted with new normal of distance and disinfectant
 by Peter FeuerherdNational Catholic Reporter

Catholic priests may be feeling ‘nonessential’ during the pandemic- here’s how you can help
 by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report

How parishes can tackle the U.S. church’s money crisis
 by Michael White and Tom Corcoran America

Notre Dame sisters mobilize to fend off child traffickers in Tanzania
 by Doreen Ajiamb  Global Sisters Report

Gone: Pastor says half of his parishioners were seized in ICE raid
 by Deacon Greg Kandra  Patheos

Large number of Dutch churches to close in near future
 by Michiel van de Kamp and  Katholiek Nieuwsblad  Crux

German bishop says only a new theology can save the Church, Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim diocese says clerical abuse of power is destroying Catholicism
 by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt La Croix International

Pope Francis has been bombarded with insults after urging Catholics to pray for migrants.
 by CathNews

The parish is dead, long live the parish
 by Gauthier Vaillant  La Croix International

Parents, citing pastor's hostility, plan to pull their kids from school
 by Dan Morris-Young National Catholic Reporter

Teenagers leaving Church at a higher rate – study
 by Colm Fitzpatrick The Irish Catholic