A band of friars and nuns from Brazil finds ways to feed LA’s homeless By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil Catholic News Service LOS ANGELES — Friar Benjamin of the Most Holy Trinity walked down Towne Avenue in Skid Row, one hand wheeling an ice chest filled with oranges and bottled water, the other clutching plastic bags […]
Bishops condemn shooting at synagogue, all ‘acts of hate’
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with “our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 27 after a horrific shooting earlier that day in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life Synagogue, described as a hub of Jewish […]
Greg Erlandson: Getting real about our challenges
AMID THE FRAY Tracking the Catholic zeitgeist these days can be a dizzying experience. It helps to have a sense of history, and perhaps a sense of irony as well. Once upon a time, it was liberal Catholics who were upset at the pope, who wanted more democracy in the church, who railed against the […]
Father Keating, centering prayer figure, dies at 95
By Catholic News Service SPENCER, Mass. — A funeral Mass will be celebrated Nov. 3 at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer for Trappist Father Thomas Keating, a leading figure in the centering prayer movement that got its start in the 1970s. He died Oct. 25 at the abbey. He had been abbot there for two […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Isn’t Communion the ‘complete’ Christ?
QUESTION CORNER Q: As an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, I have something bothering me. As we give out Communion, we say “body of Christ” for the host and “blood of Christ” for the chalice. But aren’t we actually offering the “complete Christ” — body, blood, soul and divinity — under each species? (Ogallala, Nebraska) […]
Mike Carotta: Committed to Grace
COMMENTARY While we expose the shameful, sinful and criminal, might we also acknowledge those who have been faithful? Our meeting down the hall has ended. A separate group of priests who are on retreat here in Indianapolis have invited us to join them at their closing Mass. Standing behind them in my pew in the […]
Effie Caldarola: Half a dress
FOF THE JOURNEY When our youngest daughter shopped for clothes for high school dances, her father would often comment, “I hope that dress is on sale for half-price, because it’s half a dress.” It was a joke, but it made his point. Our youngest child was pretty with an eye-catching figure, and she hit the […]
Closing of synod, Pope apologizes to young people who have felt ignored by church
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Speaking on behalf of all adult Catholics, Pope Francis formally closed the Synod of Bishops by asking young people for forgiveness. “Forgive us if often we have not listened to you; if, instead of opening our hearts, we have filled your ears. As Christ’s church, we […]
For many, Archbishop Romero’s canonization a dream come true
By Melissa Vida and Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ROME — For many pilgrims from El Salvador and for many Catholics who focus on the tie between faith and justice, waiting for the canonization of St. Oscar Romero was an exercise in patience. The declaration of the sainthood of the Salvadoran archbishop, who was […]
Cardinal responds to Archbishop Vigano’s accusations
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumors about his sexual misconduct, said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. However, because they were only rumors and not proof, then-Pope Benedict […]
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