How can we be instruments of peace amid corrosive divisiveness? One way is to imitate the actions of Nobel Peace Prize winners such as Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Rigoberta Menchu or Nelson Mandela. Another way is to follow the lead of those who try to foster peace, justice and reconciliation.
Baseball is by far the most Catholic of the sports on which we lavish such attention and passion.
I argue that there should be a rule in every home: no cellphones for one hour during the family meal. Family comes first and courtesy should be extended to all its members. Courtesy is politeness. It is having an attitude of respect toward others. This implies good manners, civility and respect. But there are also other reasons to put the phone down.
By Effie Caldarola Years ago, in the mid-1980s, my younger brother Bill and I sat alone in the tiny kitchen of my mom’s house. It was very late. We were a family that didn’t confront issues head-on. We walked around the elephant in the room, and if that meant sometimes we had to take turns […]
By George Weigel Life, even Catholic life, is full of ambiguities, but some things either are or aren’t. It’s a ball or a strike. It’s a Toyota or a Ford. You’re baptized or you aren’t. The papacy would seem to be one of these you-are-or-you-aren’t realities. According to the law of the Church, a man […]
By Maria-Pia Negro Chin Summer is almost upon us and so is graduation season. Marked by ceremonies, memories and speeches, this time of the year closes a chapter in students’ lives and signals new beginnings. This can be exciting and terrifying for a new graduate – or anybody about to start something new. Commencement speeches […]
In this post-Pentecost season, it is important to remember some lessons from Jesus: love, pray, go, teach.
Not often does the gathering of thousands of people of all ages, professions, ethnicities and walks of life, for the same celebration occur. When it does take place, the event must certainly be of great significance, as was the case with the arrival of the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima to the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dyker Heights, May 19, as part of the Fatima Centennial U.S. Tour for Peace.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, recently told an Italian journal that relations between the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) “are living a positive phase, as there have been signals from both sides that there is a wish to keep on talking in order to find together solutions to the problems of the presence of the Catholic Church in that huge country.”
The month of May has been dedicated to the Virgin Mary for centuries – so long, in fact, that the precise origin of this Catholic devotion is lost in the mists of time.
