For much of my life I thought I lived in a kind of a “two level universe.” There was the supernatural world and there was the natural world. They were separate. For me the supernatural world included the Eucharist and the other sacraments, sanctifying and actual grace, heaven, hell, purgatory, the bible and other “spiritual books.”
Integrity, Humility and Love of God and Country; An Invaluable Asset to the Supreme Court; The Defense of Life and its Preeminent Place; Voting Is not a Single-Issue Matter.
Twenty-year-old Abigail Zarate is a Latino Studies student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a Mexican-American, a Catholic, and a first-time voter. For some, this might sound like a lot, but for her, being many things at once is part of her cultural identity and faith journey.
As we enter October, the month of the Holy Rosary, we have an opportunity to meditate on the meaning of the Rosary in our lives today. The origins of the Rosary are clouded in mystery.
Every four years, not coincidentally, is election time, and it tends, unfortunately, to be an occasion for startlingly rude and histrionic behavior among some of our fellow pew sitters.
Even when physical proximity is impossible, Catholic communicators can use the media to reach out to people, help them experience the closeness of the church and invite them to follow Jesus more closely, the Vatican said.
The Vatican has proposed to the Chinese government that they extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops, Vatican Media reported.
The local Catholic high school football league (CHSFL) had moved the Fall 2020 season to March and April of next year.
Following the passing of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18, many have looked back at her legacy and accomplishments while serving on the Supreme Court for 27 years. In recent days, many have also remembered the friendship she had with the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016.
An over 100-foot high cross was removed from a hill behind a church in southern India by government officials, despite the protests of the parish priest.
