If you enter a church and find the sanctuary decked out in red flowers, chances are that, unless it is Christmas, the parish has just celebrated confirmation. This is particularly true in spring when so many such celebrations take place in the wake of Easter.
Author: Christine
Let’s Recommit Ourselves To Being More United
Sometimes we meet someone who has the gift of bringing people together. But once they are gone, everyone seems to drift apart.
The Challenge of Mystery From Talented Authors
Rereading Flannery O’Connor’s wonderful book, “Mystery & Manners: Occasional Prose,” selected and edited by Sally and Robert Fitzgerald (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1957, 237 pp.) has helped me to appreciate anew the gift that talented novelists are to us. I have difficulty understanding some of O’Connor’s short stories but I accept the judgment of others who know more about literature than I do.
Honoring Brothers and Sisters in the Diocese
This weekend the Diocese of Brooklyn celebrates the jubilee years of the religious brothers and sisters serving our communities.
Slain NYPD Officers, FDNY Firefighter Honored at White House
Two much-honored NYPD officers who were murdered last year received the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor from President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
New Report Says Germany’s Catholic Church Faces Major Decline In Membership, Revenue
Germany’s Catholic Church will be forced to give up a third of its properties in the face of dwindling membership and revenue, according to a new report, with many buildings facing demolition unless converted to other uses.
Catholics In China Welcome, Follow Papal Teachings, Cardinal Says
– Catholics in China know how to treasure papal teachings, said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.
Deadly Cyclone Mocha Hit Myanmar Areas Where Persecuted Rohingya Muslim Minority Lives
The Catholic Church has dispatched aid materials to the hardest-hit regions of Myanmar after deadly Cyclone Mocha battered the southeast Asian country May 14.
New Caritas Leaders Vow To Respect Employees As They Move Forward
Meeting the press, the new leaders of Caritas Internationalis vowed to treat staff and members of the Caritas network with the same love and respect that they treat the poor and needy they serve around the globe.
Parish Helps East Palestine Residents Amid ‘A Lot Of Uncertainty’ After Toxic Train Wreck
More than three months after an environmentally hazardous train derailment, Catholics in an Ohio town are still facing “a lot of uncertainty” about their surroundings, while working to support their community, a pastoral worker told OSV News.
