Pope Francis has been going to great lengths to spread love around the world, and he is quick to tell you that his love comes from the “free and gracious initiative of God,” as he put it in his apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium.” The simple truth is that love flows from person to person, or […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Finding the right parish for gays
Q: My daughter is gay and has been with her partner for more than 10 years. Both are cradle Catholics and are practicing today. They used to belong to a parish where the priest was wonderful and baptized their son in the church, but since then, they have moved and that priest has been transferred […]
Carolyn Y. Woo: Working toward God’s abundance for all
In the Catholic Relief Services guest dining room in Baltimore we have decorated the left wall with pictures of grains, plants, trees, water. The inscription reads: “We shall see the bounty of the Lord.” On the opposing wall, we have the words from Psalm 27:13, “in the land of the living.” It is accompanied by […]
Synod ends affirming tradition, leaving controversies alive
Pope Francis attends the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — After several days of animated debate over its official midterm report, the Synod of Bishops on the family agreed on a final document more clearly grounded in traditional […]
Pope Francis | Closing talk, Synod of Bishops: Be open to the God of surprises
Here are extended excerpts from Vatican Radio’s translation of Pope Francis’ final address to the Synod Fathers, Oct. 18. Dear Eminences, Beatitudes, Excellencies, Brothers and Sisters, With a heart full of appreciation and gratitude I want to thank, along with you, the Lord who has accompanied and guided us in the past days, with the […]
Pope beatifies Blessed Paul VI, ‘great helmsman’ of Vatican II
A tapestry of Blessed Paul VI hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica during his beatification Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 19. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — Beatifying Blessed Paul VI at the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis praised the late […]
Stephen Kent: Rendering God superfluous
The U.S. Air Force no longer requires “so help me God” to be part of the oath taken upon the enlistment of airmen or the commissioning of officers. A toll-taker on the Garden State Parkway is suing the state of New Jersey because she claims a supervisor told her to stop saying “God bless you” […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Peeling off the labels and expanding self-placed limits
In school, I used to hate running even more than I hated spiders or math. I couldn’t run fast in elementary school, so I was always one of the last kids to cross the finish line during gym class, a feat for which I earned incessant teasing instead of a gold medal or nifty ribbon. […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Procrastination as a costly condition
According to the American Psychological Association, about 20 percent of Americans can be described as chronic procrastinators. Physically it manifests itself in laziness, idleness, indifference and nonchalance. It also shows itself in indifference to improve one’s character, distaste for the spiritual and failure to cultivate new virtue. Becoming indifferent and not cultivating new virtue is […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: May others, besides priests, do blessings?
Q: At a family discussion, the following question came up: Can anyone other than a priest or deacon do a Catholic blessing? (Baltimore) A: As your question would suggest, aside from certain blessings reserved to a bishop (e.g., the consecration of the sacramental oils at the chrism Mass during Holy Week), it is a priest […]
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