By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The martyrdom of a French priest killed a year ago while celebrating Mass was an event that “has transformed me as a bishop,” Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen said. Father Jacques Hamel’s life — “simple and exemplary — questions me as a pastor and shepherd […]
Archives for August 2017
Dutch cardinal: Bishops warned of euthanasia’s slippery slope
By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — Recent increases in euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths among psychiatric and dementia patients reflect the concerns church officials expressed years ago, said a Dutch cardinal. Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, said psychiatrist Boudewijn Chabot was right to complain that doctors were now ignoring legal requirements […]
Heralding back: Aug. 11, 2017
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Aug. 18, 1967 The three principals in Sunday’s blessing of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ewa Beach were Sister Josanne, S.M.S.M., principal of the school, the Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu who blessed the school, and Father Bernard J. Eikmeier, pastor […]
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