New Chapter In My Great Book Of Life
Well, here we are. We find ourselves sitting on the benches in an arena as spectators to a fight between world leaders and this most unwelcome virus. Caught in the crossfire are healthcare workers...
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Let the Holy Spirit Teach Us
Happy Pentecost! That is my wish and prayer for families as we explore how we have managed our spirituality during these months of lockdown. My hope and dream at the start of the lockdown...
Four SA Catholics: Understanding God in African Cultural Tradition
A group of South African women took part in an international pilgrimage to Greece. CHRISTINE SCHENK spoke to four of them on their experience of being women in the Catholic Church. Two months ago—just...
Pope: Pandemic Calls Christians To Change The Course Of Their Lives
By Cindy Wooden – As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, Pope Francis joined an initiative of the Anglican Church, praying that people would be converted and use the pandemic’s disruption to begin anew. “The Holy Spirit...
Pray With the Pope: June 2020
Proclaim The Love Of The Lord Pope’s Prayer Intention for June, 2020: We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the heart of...
Pope On Pentecost: Church United By Spirit, Not Personal Beliefs
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Just as the apostles were united once they received the Holy Spirit, the church is united by that same spirit and not by keeping company just with those...
Some European Catholic Leaders Echo Pope’s Call For Universal Basic Wage
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Catholic groups across Europe have echoed Pope Francis’ call for a universal basic wage as part of recovery plans after the coronavirus pandemic. “No one in the church should be...
Priest’s Treasured Chalice Resurfaces After Going Missing For Five Years
By Tim Swift – Like many people, the Rev Shawn Brandon, pastor of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, has had more time on his hands while sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic, but little...
Vatican Supports Day To Remember Coronavirus Victims
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, publicly supporting a proposal to establish a national day in Italy to commemorate the tens of thousands of people who lost...
Evangelist: Pandemic Has Changed Parish Outreach Methods Forever
By Peter Finney Jr – During two months of social isolation, the work of American business has migrated, ready or not, into the home. If pajamas have become the new workplace attire and the sofa...
Stop the Lies
The Eighth Commandment admonishes us not to bear false witness—but the sin of lying is becoming ever-more easy to commit as our access to means of communication increases. When we spread false information on...
US Bishops Sickened By George Floyd’s Death
By Julie Asher – The US Catholic bishops said May 29 they “are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes.” “What’s more astounding...
