Join experts from Europe and the United States at an international conference focusing on the life of Pope John Paul I and his brief pontificate Oct. 12-13 at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. Speakers at the conference on “The True Pope John Paul I: A Man of Faith for Our Time” will include the […]
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Second Vatican Council Teachings Are Not Optional
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The teachings of the Second Vatican Council are neither optional nor second-class, but must be seen in the proper context, the former prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said as he opened a conference at The Catholic University of America in Washington. The talk by Cardinal William […]
Pray for Those Who Walk with Seminarians
by Father Eugene Hemrick When we respond, “Lord hear our prayer” to the offertory petition at Mass, “Let us pray for priestly vocations,” what should we include in this petition? Having worked in seminary formation, I can say that the formation of seminarians is awesome work in need of much prayer. During a recent faculty […]
Strength in Sacramental Marriage
by Father William R. Dulaney Here’s an important question for engaged couples: As you’re planning your wedding, why not consider having a beautiful nuptial Mass or wedding ceremony in your parish church, making God a part of your special day and inviting Him to be a part of your life together? As much a part […]
Humanity Is Oriented Toward God
by Father Robert Lauder Recently I have been recalling my experience of studying philosophy as an undergraduate in the major seminary many years ago. Statements that professors made at that time and ideas that I read in books about philosophy, which meant little to me when I first was introduced to them, came to be […]
Who Owns America?
The incidence of Columbus Day poses the perennial question about what it really means to “discover” America and, by implication to “own” it. While conquest or the glory therein may have been prime among the motives of our earliest European settlers, any fair reading of history cannot so narrowly dismiss higher humane aspirations of the […]
Religious Liberty Is Issue for Candidates
by Wendy Long While crisscrossing the state in my campaign for the U.S. Senate, I was recently sitting around a table talking with some women. I asked them, “What’s the most important issue facing our nation and our state?” The tears welled up in one woman’s eyes, then spilled down her cheeks. “Wendy, my daughter […]
Restrictions on Religion Are on the Rise in US
by Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – The increase of restrictions on religion are up worldwide, and, for the first time, those restrictions increased markedly in the U.S., according to a new Pew report. For the United States, it was the first time in the study’s four-year history that both government restrictions and social hostility were […]
The 31st Annual Great Irish Fair 2012
The 31st Great Irish Fair was held Sept. 15-16 in Coney “Ireland.” Organized by the Irish American Building Society Charities, the Fair benefits Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Thousands of attendees passed through the Fair grounds over the course of the weekend, but the highlight was the award ceremony recognizing notable men and women […]
Pope Completes Pilgrimage of Peace – The Pope in Lebanon
by Francis X. Rocca BEIRUT (CNS) – When Pope Benedict XVI stepped off the plane in Beirut Sept. 14, he said he had come to Lebanon, and to the Middle East in general, as a “pilgrim of peace.” In five major talks over the next three days, the pope repeatedly called for peace and underscored […]