Have you ever had an out-of-body-experience? Hundreds of books have been written about it going back centuries. They generally report that the sensation of being lifted out of one’s body happens unexpectedly. You find yourself looking down on yourself below. It happened to me once, and it had a powerful influence on my life. Recently, […]
Father Kenneth Doyle | Question corner: No wedding in a closed church?
Q: I am having a hard time understanding why a Catholic church closed by a bishop can no longer be used for Masses, weddings and funerals. For more than 100 years, this particular church — built by my great-great-grandparents — was considered sacred ground. Now my grandson wants to get married in that beautiful little […]
Vatican says pope’s meeting with Kentucky clerk is not endorsement
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis, the county clerk from Kentucky who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses, does not equate support for her “position,” the Vatican spokesman said after discussing the issue personally with the pope. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the spokesman, issued a statement Oct. 2 saying the […]
Father Eugene Hemrick | The human side: The roots of terrorism
Why is terrorism spreading like wildfire? Violent terrorism seizes the world’s attention today. So many lives and resources are devoted to countering terrorism’s influence and impact. Terrorist recruiters play on youthful idealism, and this is one reason the number of terrorists continues to grow. Young people tend to be highly idealistic and to dream of […]
A woman reacts to Pope Francis’ final words during the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia Sept. 27. (CNS photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters) TO WOMEN RELIGIOUS A big thank you During an evening prayer service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Pope Francis thanked the nation’s […]
Pope goes back to school, meets students, community in Harlem
Pope Francis arrives at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem area of New York, Sept. 25. (CNS photo/Eric Thayer, pool) NEW YORK — Pope Francis encouraged an audience of Catholic school students and immigrants to live with joy and dare to dream. He also highlighted the immigrant experience — in […]
Pope to Congress: Stop bickering, world needs your help
Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 24. In the first such speech by a pope, he called on Congress to stop bickering as the world needs help. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) WASHINGTON — The past, the promise and the potential of the United States must not […]
Pope’s ground zero visit was somber moment for 9/11 survivors, relatives
Pope Francis meets family members of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks as he visits the ground zero memorial in New York Sept. 25. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) NEW YORK — Pope Francis’ Sept. 25 visit to ground zero was unlike any of his other stops in New York or Washington. It was somber, quiet […]
Pope Francis in Cuba: ‘We do not serve ideas, we serve people’
People cheer as Pope Francis arrives for Mass in Revolution Square in Holguin, Cuba, Sept. 21. (CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters) HAVANA — As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer relationships and greater ease of communication and commerce with the United States, Pope Francis told the Cuban people that love and service, not anyone’s […]
Pope makes annulments quicker, cheaper, more pastoral
Byzantine Bishop Dimitrios Salachas of Greece, second from left, speaks at a a press conference for the release of Pope Francis’ documents concerning changes to marriage annulments at the Vatican Sept. 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — While a juridical process is necessary for making accurate judgments, the Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process […]
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