Pope Francis’ secretary of state reaffirmed the pope’s offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop his war on Ukraine but said the Kremlin had yet to respond.
Month: May 2022
‘We Are Celebrating Special Milestones In Our Journey’
A collective 6,780 years of service to God was celebrated on Saturday, May 7, as women and men religious from the Diocese of Brooklyn gathered at Immaculate Conception Center for their Jubilee Mass.
Wisconsin Bishop Condemns Arson Attack on Pro-Life Center
Police in Wisconsin’s capital are investigating what they are calling a “targeted arson” at a pro-life organization Sunday.
For Their Love of Jesus: Winners Announced in The Tablet’s Annual Easter Art Contest
There’s a lot of young artistic talent out there! The Tablet’s Annual Christ is Risen Easter Art Contest for students in the Diocese of Brooklyn attracted 285 entries this year with budding artists using their creative skills to express their Catholic faith.
First Synod Results Show Need to Reach Youth, Marginalized
Key findings cited in the first U.S. diocesan synod report available for public consumption highlight a strong desire from parishioners for the Church to better reach out to the marginalized. There were calls for more transparency, more consistency in moral teaching, and a focus on the “critical” need to re-engage youth and young adults in the faith.
Obituaries, Week of May 7, 2022
Msgr. Peter V. Kain; Father Bonaventure Moccia, C.P.; Father John (Jack) Douglas, C.P.; Sister Joan Ann Larkin, CSJ; Brother Peter A. Pontolillo.
Letters to the Editor Week of May 7, 2022
On the Brink; Caring for God’s Creation; Problems at the Border; A Mother Is So Many Things in So Many Ways.
The Role of Mothers in The Lives of Priests
There are few influences greater in the choice of a vocation to the priestly life than a priest’s mother. She is really the very first “face of God” whom he encounters in his life.
Persecution of Christians on the Rise in China
Although the world knows that the Dalai Lama lives in exile and is the face of Chinese repression in Tibet, and the media has shone a light on the persecution suffered by the Uyghurs in the Muslim region of Xinjiang, the “relentless, albeit silent, control” Christians suffer in China also deserves attention, according to experts speaking in Rome.
A Bias Against Children’s Lives
Thirty years ago, my wife was 16 weeks pregnant with our third child. At a routine prenatal checkup, our doctor suddenly looked very concerned and said she couldn’t hear our baby’s heartbeat.