Be very leery of any social commentator who calls the pope a Marxist or a Socialist simply because he cares for the poor and he thinks everyone should have an equal chance at earning a decent salary. Pope Francis is a great Christian who is reminding us that wealth and material resources are not meant to be hoarded but rather shared for the good of the greater community.
Editorials
Honor of Motherhood
The second Sunday in May officially was proclaimed as Mother’s Day in 1914 by President Woodrow Wilson. It came after a campaign by a woman named Anna Jarvis of Grafton, W.Va., who first celebrated it in 1908 as a memorial for her own mother. Since then, it has become part of the nation’s spring calendar. […]
Newest Catholics
The Mass of the Neophytes is an annual gathering with the bishop of all the newly baptized and confirmed Catholics who joined the Church at Easter. It gives the bishop another chance to stay in touch and for the people an opportunity to experience the unity of the Church.
Two Saintly Popes
The canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II this weekend are dual reasons for celebration. Both men, of happy memory for many of our readers, were essential to the fulfillment of the mission of the Second Vatican Council.
A Solemn Week
This week, we celebrate the Church’s most solemn days of the year.
No Guts in Albany
We are extremely dismayed and disappointed that the Education Investment Incentive Act was not part of the New York State budget this year.
An Abhorrent Practice
A story in a London newspaper exposes a dirty little secret in the British abortion industry.
Education at Crossroads
As the fate of the Education Investment Tax Credit was about to be decided, new support was added and the opposition ramped up its voice.
A Catholic Agenda
When the New York State Bishops went to Albany this past week to present a moral perspective to the public debate, they made the Education Investment Incentives Act a major focus of their agenda. As we have outlined here before, the proposal is a no-brainer as it seeks to encourage donations to public schools and […]
Courage in Ukraine
Stunning images of priests standing in the midst of protestors and riot police in the Ukraine appeared last week on blogs around the world. Draped in their colorful epitrachelia (stoles worn around the neck) and “armed” only with icons or crucifixes, they cropped up like small oases of peace and prayerful presence straddling a minefield […]