By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In early December, the community in McAllen, Texas, felt the reopening of an almost 60-year-old wound that never healed and one that involved the local Catholic community, prompting a written response from the local bishop on Dec. 20 expressing “sorrow.” After listening to evidence, a Texas […]
Gregorian chant offers elevated liturgy tied to early church
By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When Erin Bullock steps in front of the altar at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, she is there to sing parts of the liturgy and to guide members of the congregation through song. Her role as cantor at the church is as visible […]
Pope turns 81 with singing kids and 13-foot pizza
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Celebrating his 81st birthday, Pope Francis blew out the candles on a 13-foot long pizza after being serenaded with song and dance by children and employees from a Vatican pediatric clinic. A group of children receiving assistance from the Vatican’s St. Martha Dispensary, a maternal […]
Vatican releases new instructions on authenticating, protecting relics
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Only relics that have been certified as authentic can be exposed for veneration by the faithful, said a new Vatican instruction. Published Dec. 16 in Italian by the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, the instruction clarifies and details the canonical procedures to be followed by local bishops […]
Richard Doerflinger: ‘It’s no use reasoning with you!’
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Have you had arguments in which the other person would not concede your point, no matter how many compelling facts and reasons you brought to bear? That is most common in partisan politics, where mutual distrust and character assassination seem to have replaced rational debate. But it happens on moral issues […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Which Ten Commandments are Catholic?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Recently I read an article stating that the “Catholic” Ten Commandments are different from those given to Moses. According to this article, Catholics deleted the Second Commandment — about no idols or graven images — and then split the last one into two in order to make up for that deletion. (It […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Hope in 2018
THE HUMAN SIDE When Isaiah speaks of a bear and cow being neighbors and a baby sitting aside a viper (Is 11:1-9), what message is he sending for us in 2018? At first look his examples symbolize peaceful coexistence. That which seems unlikely is now likely; direct opposites uniting as one. The derivation of the […]
Pope prays for world’s suffering children on Christmas
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Those who recognize the Lord in the baby Jesus in the manger also should recognize his presence in children suffering today because of war, poverty and immigration, Pope Francis said. “Jesus knows well the pain of not being welcomed and how hard it is not […]
Christmas proclaims hope, charity where fear reigns, pope says
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas calls believers to see God’s presence where he is often perceived as absent, especially in the “unwelcomed visitor, often unrecognizable, who walks through our cities and our neighborhoods, who travels on our buses and knocks on our doors,” Pope Francis said. “Christmas is […]
Pope’s New Year priorities: Refugees, youths, trips, Curia reform
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Foreign trips, a focus on the rights and needs of migrants and refugees and a Synod of Bishops dedicated to young people all are on the 2018 calendar for Pope Francis. His activities and the passions that drive them are familiar by now. In fact, March […]
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