By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Catholic clergy lamented the destruction of Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery, St. Elijah, and urged the international community to do more to stop such assaults. “I had the same emotional and perhaps spiritual experience as I did when I was standing over the bodies of fallen soldiers,” […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is repentance required for forgiveness?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Regarding your recent column on forgiving ISIS: Must forgiveness be predicated on remorse and repentance by the offending party? I am thinking of Christ being crucified and saying, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing” — or St. Stephen forgiving those who had stoned him. (Greenwich, Connecticut) Q: […]
Manaolana | Number and rate of abortion is down, according to National Right to Life Committee
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Both the number of abortions and the rate of abortion is dropping, according to figures released in the third annual “State of Abortion in America” report issued by the National Right to Life Committee. The number of abortions, which had peaked at about 1.6 million in 1989, […]
Effie Caldarola: Resolutions that extend beyond the new year
FOR THE JOURNEY By now, many people have given up their resolutions. A couple of articles I saw in January confirmed this. In one, a local writer who exercises regularly and writes for a fitness blog reports that she dreads the gym in January. Finding a parking spot is frustrating, and the gym is so […]
Foot-washing ritual not limited to men, Vatican says in new decree
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Following a request by Pope Francis, the Vatican issued a decree specifying that the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual can include “all members of the people of God,” including women — a practice already observed by the pope and many priests around the world. In a […]
Father John Catoir: Our duty to those who doubt
Recently, I received a letter from a person desperate because his brother left the church in anger, saying a lot of what the church teaches is a myth. I told the person I would pray for the situation. But I imagine there are a lot of similar situations out there. Here are a few […]
Into the lion’s den: Popes meet press
Modern-day popes, from Leo XIII to Francis, bravely meet a media corps of anarchists, atheists, apostles By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Before he was elected pontiff, Pope Francis had a reputation for not liking to do interviews. “Really, I don’t give interviews. But I don’t know why. I can’t, that’s just […]
U.S. bishop says Palestinians in Cremisan Valley ‘have lost hope’
BEIT JALLA, West Bank — A U.S. bishop visiting the Holy Land for the second year in a row said Palestinians whose land has been divided by the Israeli separation barrier “have lost hope.”
Father Kenneth Doyle: Who checks deacon homilies?
QUESTION CORNER Q: At Mass recently, I was stunned by a statement made by the deacon who was giving the homily. That has made me wonder whether deacons have sole independence when preparing remarks or if the priest exercises oversight. (City of origin withheld) A: On the parish level, the pastor has the ultimate responsibility […]
Manaolana | The PC paradox
Vatican newspaper says political correctness that ridicules faith is itself a caricature By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A world that carefully adheres to the dictates of being “politically correct” yet refuses to respect people’s faith in God is a “sad paradox,” the Vatican newspaper said. The Jan. 6 article, headlined “The […]
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