A California diocese has issued a warning about impostors posing as Catholic clergy and charging Spanish-speaking faithful “exorbitant fees” for celebrating the sacraments.
Author: Christine
Georgia Supreme Court Allows ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban to Stand for Now
The Georgia Supreme Court Oct. 24 rejected a lower court’s ruling, allowing a Georgia law restricting abortion after six weeks gestation to remain in effect amid ongoing legal challenges.
Pope Appeals for Unimpeded Aid into Gaza, Release of All Hostages
Pope Francis again called for the release of hostages taken from Israel by Hamas militants and for allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Love of God Inseparable From Our Love of Others
Last Sunday we reflected briefly on the exchange between Christ and the Pharisees in which He delivers the timeless exhortation to “render unto God what is God’s.”
Can Art Change Your Life? Pope Francis Says It Can
Each time I re-read the Holy Father’s message to Catholic artists which he delivered in Rome last May I experience the excitement that I felt the first time I read it. I am wondering if readers of this column share my views about the importance of art in our lives and also whether they think of art in relation to their faith in the way that Pope Francis relates art to religious faith.
Congestion Pricing Crowding Out the Poor
The Metropolitan Transit Authority is rolling out its plan for congestion pricing for Manhattan drivers south of 60th Street by May 2024.
Letters to the Editor Week of October 28, 2023
Praise & Sadness for Msgr. Anthony F. Sherman, A View from Bethlehem, What an Honor for Celebrating 40 Years, Remembering Sister Corde, Tattoo Taboo, Thank You for Remembering the Victims
Obituaries, Week of October 28, 2023
Msgr. James F. Spengler, Sister Mary Albert Page, Sister Fresia Toro-Fuenzalida, RSM
War in Israel and Gaza Is About All of Us
As the war in Israel and Gaza continues, as almost 200 kidnapped hostages suffer unknown fates, as millions of Israelis and Gazans live in fear, in a war that was unleashed as the next chapter of Hamas’ stated desire to wipe Israel off the map and take as many Jews with it as possible, I invite us to remember that our responses to this conflict say as much about us as they do about people and causes thousands of miles away.
Trek in Nature Brings NY State of Mind to Shrine
Days before some 8,000 Catholics gathered for the New York State Eucharistic Congress, an intrepid team of about three dozen assembled to briefly transform the scenic Empire State Trail from an upstate hiking and cycling route into a local path of pilgrimage.