AMID THE FRAY What if you were a Catholic who had not seen a priest in 60 years? What if you had not seen a priest in one year? Jesuit Father Anthony Corcoran was visiting an old folks’ home in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan when he met a man who had waited six […]
Exorcist priest says focus should be on God’s power
By Sean Gallagher Catholic News Service BROOKVILLE, Ind. — Father Vincent Lampert has traveled to the ends of the earth in his ministry fighting the devil as an exorcist. From South Africa to Alaska and points in between, the pastor of St. Michael Parish in Brookville and St. Peter Parish in Franklin County has carried […]
Olives: Valued gift from God makes an ancient oil
By Nancy Wiechec Catholic News Service Olives have been cultivated and crushed for oil for at least 2,000 years before the Christian era. Scripture gives no doubt to the abundance of the small bitter fruits in biblical lands. The Old Testament celebrates olive trees as among God’s valued gifts to the faithful of Israel. “For […]
Can St. Joseph sell your house? Skip burying his statue
By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service PAUL, Minn. — The folklore is well known: Need to sell a house? Bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard. Maybe wrapped in a cloth. But it must be upside down, near the “For Sale” sign, facing the house. Or facing away from the house, near the […]
For Lent, ask if one’s life is centered on God or oneself, pope says
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Lent is a time to reconsider the path one is taking in life and to finally answer God’s invitation to return to him with one’s whole heart, Pope Francis said. “Lent is not just about the little sacrifices we make, but about discerning where our hearts […]
Pope’s pilgrimage: Iraq: Full of historic sites important to Christianity
By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts to the place known in Arabic as the “land of the two rivers” — the mighty Tigris and Euphrates — and […]
House passes Equality Act opposed by U.S. bishops
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in a 224-206 vote Feb. 25. A couple days ahead of the vote, the chairmen of five U.S. bishops’ committees said its mandates will “discriminate against people of faith” by adversely affecting charities and their beneficiaries, conscience rights, women’s […]
Katie Prejean McGrady: In defense of hope
WINDOW SEAT WISDOM Our bedtime routine with our 3-year-old daughter is quite simple. Bath. Nighttime snack of strawberries and grapes. Read books. Brush teeth. Potty. Say our prayers. Tuck her under the covers. Kiss on the forehead. Lights out. It takes about 30 minutes, give or take the number of books she grabs off the […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Wasn’t our first pope married? Can the church bless our relationship?
QUESTION CORNER Q: My wife and I recently came into communion with the Roman Catholic Church. I know that a hot-button topic in the church is the question of whether there should be married priests. I have slowly come to the belief that unmarried priests make logical and biblical sense. Seeing how hard our parish […]
Richard Doerflinger: Intolerant relativism
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Once upon a time, many people assumed that dogma, especially religious dogma, was the enemy of freedom and friendship. If only we relaxed and let each person live by his or her own truth, we could love each other and the world would be a paradise. John Lennon’s “Imagine” was the […]
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