by John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.” The document said the current global financial crisis has revealed “selfishness, collective greed and the hoarding of goods […]
Month: October 2011
Youth Views: How do you express yourself?
Service of the Eagle Scouts
Gregory Bianco and Shane Blundell are the newest Eagle Scouts for Troop 396, Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, led by Scoutmaster Michael Bianco. Their Court of Honor was held at Resurrection Hall on Oct. 2. Bianco’s Eagle project was a “Support the Troops Care Package Program.” He collected items to help ease the time armed service men […]
NBA Lockout Weighs Heavily on Mel Davis
Unfortunately, as sports has entered the realm of big business, the importance of money has overshadowed the true purpose of the game. The NBA is currently in its fourth lockout in league history. The players and owners can’t agree on the division of the league’s $4 billion in marketing rights. However, one former NBA player […]
Pride Isolates Us From God
by Father William R. Dulaney Stories of drivers, lost and too embarrassed or stubborn to ask for directions, amaze and amuse us. We chuckle and shake our heads in disbelief when we see someone, frustrated and enraged but too thick-headed to yell “help,” abandon a project. We’re disgusted with ourselves when we ignore good advice, […]
We Are Called to Be Mystics
by Father Robert Lauder Ninth in a series AS I RE-READ Father Michael Paul Gallagher’s Faith Maps: Ten Religious Explorers from Newman to Joseph Ratzinger (New York: Paulist Press, 2010, 158 pages, $16.95), I am surprised how much I am learning, especially about people whose thought I believed that I had previously understood. This is […]
Not All Shoes Are Made for Walking
Dear Dr. Garner, I have the most painful problem with my feet. I love to wear high heels, particularly brands like Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin. I think I am being punished for spending so much money on shoes. The pain is unbearable. I feel sparks, numbness and tingling. The pain is relieved as soon […]
Students Honored For Helping Missions
St. Bernadette’s School, Dyker Heights, raised more money than any other elementary school in the diocese in 2010 to help the world’s Catholic missionaries. The boys and girls brought in $10,828 which they dedicated to the missions through the diocesan office of the Propagation of the Faith. In Queens, the school with highest total of […]
Globalization
A document on the world economy, “Toward Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of Global Public Authority” issued by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (PCJP) is stirring up as much controversy for what it says as for what it does not. Its main intent seems to be to further […]
United In a Bond of Communion
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The month of November is dedicated to prayer for our departed brothers and sisters. A reason for praying for the dead is expressed each time we recite the Creed. We believe in the communion of the Church in heaven with the Church on earth, the Communion of […]