As a one-year lookback window for adult abuse victims has closed in New York state, at least one priest has been named as an alleged abuser.
Author: Christine
Texas Immigration Bill Will Likely Face Legal Challenge
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, is expected to sign an immigration bill that would make it a state crime to cross into Texas from Mexico. Catholic organizations including the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops have opposed the legislation.
Our Responsibility Is to Be Ready for Christ’s Return
Although our celebration of Advent follows a rather predictable course, the underlying significance of what we do is quite different. One of the best (and personally most quoted) similes for Advent comes from Alfred Hitchcock.
Advent’s Three Comings of Christ
Advent, this holy season in which we find ourselves beginning Dec. 2 at first vespers, is a time of waiting and expectation. Indeed, the violet which we wear and with which we adorn the chapel is not necessarily a symbol of penance (although prayerful repentance and reconciliation is a major factor in this liturgical season), but of deep longing for the coming of the Savior Christ into our life.
Letters to the Editor Week of December 2, 2023
Back to Traditional Values, Coming Together, Home for the Holidays, Educated Sisters
Obituaries, Week of December 2, 2023
Sister Noemi Valdes
Pope Cancels Dubai Trip Over Health Concerns
Just hours after a Vatican news conference confirming Pope Francis’ trip to Dubai this weekend for a United Nations climate summit, the Vatican announced Tuesday that it has been canceled upon medical advice due to an ongoing infection causing lung inflammation.
After 191 Years, Oblate Sisters Are Honored for Heroic Ministry During Cholera Epidemic
The cholera epidemic that ravaged Baltimore in the summer of 1832 was one of the worst public health crises the city ever faced.
Bishop Barron Criticizes Synod Report’s Suggestion Scientific Advances Could Shift Church Morality Teaching
Bishop Robert E. Barron said he is in “frank disagreement” with a section of a report from the Synod on Synodality indicating that scientific advances could prompt “rethinking” of the church’s teaching on sexual morality.
Israel-Hamas Truce Has Been Extended by Two Days; More Hostages Scheduled to be Released
Qatar’s foreign affairs ministry said Nov. 27 that an agreement has been reached to extend the Israel-Hamas truce for another two days. The announcement was made by a ministry’s spokesperson on X on the final day of a four-day cease-fire in which hostages abducted by Hamas in October have been released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
