29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 53:10-11; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 The first reading for this weekend is from the Book of Isaiah, precisely from its third and last part. Isaiah on several occasions describes, or refers to, a loyal and devoted servant of God who endures outrageous insults and severe misfortunes. Yet this servant […]
Carolyn Woo: Plea from the brokenhearted
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY At the opening of the Fifth National Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas, San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said, “You are right to be heartbroken.” Much attention by church leaders, as it should be, is directed at new promises to take abuse seriously, encourage reporting, care for victims and establish safeguards. Yet little […]
Brett Robinson: Church in an age of attention deficit
THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY It has been said that St. John Paul II was our first “media” pope. His international visits attracted scores of media attention. Television footage of millions attending a papal Mass were awe-inspiring. In 1987, the Holy Father delivered a prayer for world peace to over a billion people thanks to satellite […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: A month to pray, respect, remember
FAITH AT HOME What surprised me most was not that she had carried her grief quietly for half a century. Not that she could tell me exactly how old her babies would be today. Not that her bright eyes brimmed with tears as she shared her story with a stranger. What shocked me was […]
Christina Capecchi: Pursuing less to live more
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Haley Stewart (@haleycarrots) TWENTY SOMETHING Haley Stewart stared at the publish button and froze. It’s nerve racking to announce big news, and this, in particular, had the potential to raise eyebrows. The title of the blog post stared back at her, boldface, unblinking: “When You Leave […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: I’m divorced, may I receive Communion?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I am in my 50s and have now been divorced for three years. I was married in the Catholic Church and have always attended Sunday Mass regularly and received Communion. But I have begun to wonder whether I should still take Communion. I asked a priest recently in confession, and he said […]
Effie Caldarola: The view from my pew
FOR THE JOURNEY The crisis in the U.S. Catholic Church lumbers along. We were still reeling from the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sexual misconduct and hierarchical cover-up when a disgruntled archbishop released a scathing letter calling for Pope Francis to resign. Now, many states are launching probes into diocesan files, a good thing. […]
Mary Adamski: It’s not the end of the world
VIEW FROM THE PEW I wanted to get this package in the mail then get home before Mother Nature comes back to slam us with another storm. That was the gist of my counter chat at the post office last week. “You can’t blame Mother Nature,” said the clerk. “Yeah, hard to deny climate change,” […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Discipleship is not easy
25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 2:12, 17-20; James 3:16-4:3; Mark 9:30-37 Protestants, accustomed to reading the King James, or Authorized Version, of the Bible, often ask why Catholic versions of the Scriptures include the Book of Wisdom. The King James Version omits it, because Wisdom was one of several Old Testament discounted by the […]
Richard Doerflinger: Good, bad ideas on church reform
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY The ongoing discussion of clergy sex abuse has moved to proposals for church reform. The immediate need is for transparency and accountability. Charges against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, and those who allegedly covered up his abuses and advanced him to an advisory role at the Vatican, must be investigated and […]
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