by Brother Gregory Cellini, O.S.F. Having been born in the late 1950s, I know virtually nothing about Vatican II. As little as my knowledge is about the Second Vatican Council, that is how great my belief is in the future of religious life. Vatican II has empowered a generation that very much desires to change […]
by Father James Sweeney Recently, the Church of Brooklyn buried Msgr. James Cooney, one of its brightest lights and dearest blessings. He touched countless people with his humor, his dedication and his self-sacrificing service to others. I had the privilege of serving in the parish of Our Lady of the Presentation, Brownsville, where he had […]
by Kathleen M. Gallagher It was more than two years ago that I read the Philadelphia grand jury report on Dr. Kermit Gosnell. It made me sick to my stomach. The report begins, “This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women.” It describes unspeakable conditions and atrocious crimes which continued for […]
by Veronica Szczygiel If each member of the Trinity had his own Facebook page, the Holy Spirit would have the least number of “friends.” This is a brute statement, perhaps, but it highlights a discomforting truth. Out of the three persons of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit does not garner nearly as much attention or […]
by Carolyn Woo May is the month of Mary, and memories come to mind about how much she has been a part of my life. These reminiscences are like going through a family album and sharing stories of those moments that jump out from the pages. In kindergarten in Hong Kong, I played Mary in […]
by Tony Magliano “This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women. What we mean is that he regularly and illegally delivered live, viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy – and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors,” states a Pennsylvania grand jury report regarding the […]
by Patricia Zapor Without getting into specifics, a panel of bishops said April 22 that a comprehensive immigration bill introduced the week before is on the right track, though they alluded to some aspects they would like changed. In a teleconference about the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, or S. […]
by Jamie Schombs We all know that life is beyond bad in developing countries, right? But how bad is it, really, and who is making a difference? I knew almost nothing about Belize, the country in Central America, when I left on March 17 to spend a week there with nine other faculty and administration members […]
by Father Robert Czok It was an ordinary day, but it was smack in the middle of an extraordinary time of the year, Wednesday of Holy Week. For many years during this time, as a parish priest, I had always been deeply into preparations and the actual celebrations for the various Holy Week ceremonies. This […]
by Carol Glatz After a musically proficient and polyglot Pope Benedict XVI, it came as a surprise to many that Pope Francis doesn’t sing or chant at Mass or speak foreign languages in public. From his first Mass as pope – his liturgy with the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel March 14 – […]
