Riding the Green Wave: Momentum for Laudato Si’ gears up for next decade
By Carol Glatz – When the special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year closes May 24, it will celebrate the progress made over the past five years, and it...
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Priests finding solace in sacred may be vulnerable to mafias
By Carol Glatz – Young members of the clergy who are tempted to avoid the complex realities of the world — finding solace and safety instead in...
There’s Something about Mary this Month…
We have all heard the adage “April showers bring May flowers,” but for Catholics, there’s something about Mary this month. We celebrate our Blessed Mother during May...
A Long Line of Holy Catechists have Served the Church
By Cindy Wooden – Throughout history and across the globe, lay catechists have been revered as saints, and many were martyred for their refusal to renounce their...
Pope: Prayer is Not Always a Walk in the Park
By Cindy Wooden – Holding a general audience with visitors and pilgrims present for the first time in more than six months, Pope Francis said he was...
In Gaza, tiny Catholic community tries to stay in touch during airstrikes
By Judith Sudilovsky– Since early May 11, Israeli bombs have been falling around the Rosary Sisters school in Gaza, which sustained light to moderate damage inside and outside...
Priest and 9 Catholics Shot 50 Years Ago Were “Entirely Inncocent”
By Michael Kelly – A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years...
German bishop rules out general invitation to Communion at congress
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, defended the plan for “ecumenically mindful” reception of Communion in Catholic and Protestant services during Germany’s ecumenical congress...
Christian Leaders in Jerusalem Express Concern over Growing Violence
The patriarchs and heads of Christian churches of Jerusalem expressed deep concern over the growing violence in Jerusalem, which increased with 331 Palestinians reportedly wounded at the...
Catholic Actors Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson Begin Film on Priest’s Life
By Mark Pattison – Filming has begun on “Stu,” which tells the story of a Father Stuart Long, a onetime boxer who became a priest and died...
Vatican Forms Working Group on Excommunication of Mafias
Marking the beatification of an Italian judge murdered by the Mafia, a Vatican office announced the formation of a working group on “the excommunication of mafias.” The...
Can Lay People Give a “Blessing” at Communion?
Question: I have been to churches where young children and those not receiving the Eucharist still process forward at Communion time and receive a blessing. My own...
