QUESTION CORNER Q: I am a caregiver for my elderly mother and also for another woman, who is 95. My goal in life, at this point, is to help my mother to be happy. (She was severely abused by my father, who later committed suicide.) Sometimes I buy little gifts for my mother, and she […]
Bill Dodds: Valentine’s Day year-round
YOUR FAMILY I wasn’t surprised this year when the Valentine’s Day candy was on store shelves only days after the Christmas candy had been there. I suppose I could mutter tsk-tsk, but the truth is I’m part of the problem: a consumer who loves to consume chocolate. So just about any excuse to buy some […]
Carolyn Woo: Embrace our reality
In mid-January, my husband and I attended the New York Encounter sponsored by the lay Catholic movement Communion and Liberation. The theme was “Reality has never betrayed me,” among the last words of the movement’s founder, Father Luigi Giussani at whose funeral in 2005 then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger delivered the homily. I am intrigued by this […]
Richard Doerflinger: Being Catholic first
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY This past presidential campaign, one of the most bruising and discouraging on record, left many of us dissatisfied with the electoral system and politics in general. As usual, Catholics voted for the winning candidate — despite internal divisions between churchgoers and nonchurchgoers and between white and Hispanic Catholics. And as usual, […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Making America great again
THE HUMAN SIDE “Make America great again” sounds inspirational until we look closer at the meaning of “again.” Undoubtedly, America’s past greatness is in its achievements: conquering the West, its transportation systems, economic and military power, and countless other examples of awesome progress. And yet, the great past reveals an entire American Indian culture decimated, […]
For cruise crews, church center offers space for faith
By R.W. Dellinger Catholic News Service LOS ANGELES — Akbar Pathan of Mumbai, India, had on the red vest and dress slacks he wears during his shifts as a bartender on the Princess Cruise line. The 36-year-old married father of two sons has been serving on crews for 13 years. “I can make more money […]
Congratulations and concern
Trump presidency receives words of hope, prayers for civility from religious, political leaders By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Words of congratulations as well as caution emerged from political and religious leaders as President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated Jan. 20. Pope Francis sent best wishes and prayers to incoming President Trump shortly after he […]
Movie review: ‘Silence’
A tale of frailty and fidelity By John Mulderig Catholic News Service NEW YORK — Directed and co-written (with Jay Cocks) by Martin Scorsese, “Silence” (Paramount) is a dramatically powerful but theologically complex work best suited to viewers who come to the multiplex prepared to engage with serious issues. Those willing to make such an […]
Woman who survived abortion attempt speaks out
By Valerie Schmalz Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — Melissa Ohden was delivered during a saline infusion abortion, a 2-pound, 14-ounce baby suffering jaundice and respiratory distress after undergoing five days of inhaling toxic salt and Pitocin-laced amniotic fluid. An adopted child, she did not learn the facts of her birth until she was 14 […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: A tranquilizing crisis
THE HUMAN SIDE The children’s Christmas Mass was packed. In past years, it exuded busyness: children putting on a pageant, proud parents and grandparents watching and music abounding. Not so this year! What changed was a power outage that left the church in darkness, the organ without power and everyone without heat. Candles, usually used […]
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