QUESTION CORNER Q: An elderly woman in our parish has terminal lung cancer. I have seen her condition deteriorate over the last two months. She is no longer driving, is very weak and is now on oxygen full time. I had been helping her to get to church, and the other day she told me […]
All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations after meeting with pope on sexual abuse
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Every bishop in Chile offered his resignation to Pope Francis after a three-day meeting at the Vatican to discuss the clerical sexual abuse scandal. “We want to announce that all bishops present in Rome, in writing, have placed our positions in the Holy Father’s hands […]
John Garvey: What’s so funny?
INTELLECT AND VIRTUE Our youngest daughter is living at home while her husband finishes his medical residency. One of the many blessings of this old-fashioned arrangement (several generations under one roof) is that we have two babies to pass around. The youngest is just 5 months old. She doesn’t have much to say yet, but […]
Elise Italiano: Lessons from two soon-to-be saints
IN LIGHT OF FAITH I was thrilled to see the announcement that Pope Francis will canonize Blessed Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Romero during the upcoming synod on “Young people, the faith and vocational discernment,” and I was even more elated that their canonizations will take place on the same day. I read Pope Francis’ […]
Voters in Ireland pave way for abortion on demand
By Michael Kelly Catholic News Service DUBLIN — Voters in Ireland have opted to remove the right to life of the unborn from the country’s constitution, paving the way for abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. Results from the nationwide referendum showed that 66.4 percent of citizens opted to remove the Eighth Amendment from […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Isn’t visiting the sick a pastor’s duty?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I read your column every week in our archdiocesan paper, and I have a question for you. What is the role of the parish priest at the time of the serious illness and death of a parish member? I recently lost my husband after a long illness, the last several months of […]
Richard Doerflinger: The paradoxes of inclusion
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY In a recent homily, Bishop Robert E. Barron rightly identified two paramount values in our secular culture: being “inclusive” and being “nonjudgmental.” The two seem closely related. If you want to embrace everyone in society, you avoid making moral judgments that banish some people to the margins. So all are welcome, […]
Carolyn Woo: A woman of uncompromising faith
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY Preparation for the 75th anniversary of Catholic Relief Services calls to mind a truly remarkable woman whose work has informed the Catholic social tradition, particularly in the United States during the last century. In my own case, I owe her a special debt. Though she is not well-known beyond the peace movement […]
Effie Caldarola: The need for apologies
FOR THE JOURNEY When former first lady Barbara Bush died recently, memories of her good qualities abounded. In a culture where females are pressured to think a face-lift is just a matter of time and slimness is non-negotiable, she was an attractive natural with a matronly figure and soft white hair. A champion of literacy […]
Cardinal urges bell tolling to call attention to murders
By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle called for church bells in the archdiocese to toll at 8 p.m. each day to protest the continuing spate of killings in the country. He said the tolling of the bells will “haunt the perpetrators of violence and killing to remember their victims, never […]
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