by Father Christopher M. O’Connor “Hey Father, what’s next?” That was the question many of the young adults that attended World Youth Day with me in Rio asked. I responded, “Jamaica, the other one.” Last year, I had been asked by a group of young adults I met at Catholic Underground to be a chaplain […]
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Pope Addresses Immigrants at Parish Visit
by Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) – Meeting 80 immigrants assisted by members of a Rome parish, Pope Francis said leaving one’s homeland is always painful, but faith can give one the strength to keep going. “The faith that your parents instilled in you will help you move forward,” the pope told the immigrants at the […]
Government Hostility To Religion on the Rise
by Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – A Pew Research Center study issued Jan. 14 shows another increase in hostility toward religion by most of the world’s 198 nations. The share of countries with a high or very high level of social hostilities involving religion reached a six-year peak in 2012, the study said. The share […]
Bishops Plan Visits During Catholic Schools Week
Bishops Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishops Raymond Chappetto, Octavio Cisneros and Paul Sanchez will visit Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens during Catholic Schools Week. Bishop DiMarzio will conduct his visitations on Thursday, Jan. 30, when he will hold an assembly at Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica Estates, at 9 a.m., and at St. Francis de […]
Cuomo’s Anti-Conservative Remark Offends Pro-Lifers
Comments by Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggesting that conservatives leave New York State have drawn sharp reaction, especially from pro-life groups. In a radio interview, Cuomo said that conservatives “have no place in the state of New York.” He singled out people with anti-abortion views; those who oppose same-sex marriage; and people who are pro-assault weapons. […]
Dr. King Remembered: Parishioners Asked to Volunteer in Spirit of the Slain Civil Rights Leader
by Marie Elena Giossi For many, the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was simply a holiday from work. But for those gathered at St. Gregory the Great Church, Crown Heights, last Monday, Jan. 20, it was a day set aside to remember a martyr for the cause of justice. The diocesan […]
Obama Will Meet Pope at the Vatican
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Vatican March 27, the White House announced and the Vatican confirmed. The spring meeting would be Obama’s second visit to the Vatican as president, but his first with Pope Francis, who was elected March 13, 2013. The […]
Take a Leap of Faith With the Apostles
by Msgr. Joseph Calise TODAY’S SCRIPTURES circle around the theme of the light breaking into the darkness of the human experience. In the first reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, we hear that a “people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” and learn of the joy that accompanied this revelation. […]
A Communal Spirituality
by Father Robert Lauder Fourth in a series I HAVE BEEN trying to remember when I last read an essay as provocative as Father Gerald M. Fagin’s “Are We Relating to God in a New Way,” which first appeared in the Review for Religious, November-December, 1993. Father Fagin’s essay speaks to my experience of […]
Accelerating Catholic Reform
by George Weigel TWO) RECENT BOOKS suggest that, amidst challenges and problems, the pace of authentic Catholic renewal is accelerating in the U.S. “Renewal: How a New Generation of Faithful Priests and Bishops Is Revitalizing the Catholic Church” (Encounter Books) by Anne Hendershott and Christopher White was nicely timed to coincide with Pope Francis’ recently […]