by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk A CATHOLIC physician once related to me a powerful story about one of his patients, who had just received a diagnosis of advanced, metastatic cancer and had a relatively short time left to live. The patient mentioned to the doctor that he was Catholic but had drifted away from the Church […]
by Father William J. Byron, S.J. The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management held its seventh annual meeting in June. It aimed to bring business executives and church leaders together to discuss the application of “best practices” from business to the management needs of the Catholic Church. The previous six meetings were held at the […]
by Stephen Kent ONCE, WHILE working as the editor of a daily newspaper, I was involved in the annual budget get-together with the publisher and all department heads. It had come to that point in the proceedings when the advertising manager said that he could no longer squeeze another dollar from an already reluctant market. […]
by Father John Catoir I spoke to a group of first communicants recently, and at the end of Mass, I asked the entire congregation to give them a hand of applause. Everyone stood up and applauded. I told children that they owed a debt of great gratitude to their parents, who not only feed, shelter […]
by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk People often surmise that same-sex attraction is inborn, and that homosexuals are “naturally gay” or “born that way.” They suppose that if God made them that way then it must not be a sin to act on their sexual desires. The possibility of a “gay gene” is sometimes offered as a […]
Father Eugene Hemrick BETWEEN 380 and 400 international priests enter the U.S. priesthood yearly, according to the study “International Priests in America: Challenges and Opportunities” (Liturgical Press), by the late Dean R. Hoge and Dominican Father Aniedi Okure. Although American-born priests still outnumber international priests substantially, the study said, priests among second-generation immigrants, together with […]
by Therese J.Borchard In a previous column, I listed some reasons to be Catholic, a ready response to throw at people who question why I would be part of such a flawed religion. But by far the best resource on this subject is a book hot off the press from my longtime mentor and co-editor […]
by RoseAnne Cleary
By Father John Catoir Accepting God’s will is the goal of a healthy spiritual life. Acceptance of God’s permissive will is an advanced stage of personal holiness. Holiness is not the reward of a lifetime of loving service; we give a lifetime of loving service because we are holy. Holiness is not what happens to […]
by Father William J. Byron, S.J. I’ve been reading and talking a lot about health care in recent weeks. Whenever someone mentions health care “reform,” I find myself always thinking (and sometimes saying), “No, it’s health care finance reform that is the issue,” not reform in general. No one wants to dismantle or reform the […]
