Search
'Special responsibilities of pro-life, pro-Obama supporters'
… place each year in this country. … Many prominent Catholics, strong pro-lifers among them, lent their prestige to the Obama campaign. They were assured that despite the president-elect’s …
USCCB: End may be in sight for great gibbet debate
… said, “The last time I heard that word was back in 1949, during Stations of the Cross in Lent.” Bishop Donald Trautman of Erie, Pennsylvania, a longtime critic of the new translations, …
Election '08: Obama Catholics will influence new administration
… Casey … : Son of the late and legendary pro-life governor, the Scranton-born and -bred Casey lent his credibility to Obama at a key moment, endorsing him prior to his state’s primary. …
In moment of hope comes the challenge of accountability
… the choice of life a genuine option. Many prominent Catholics, strong pro-lifers among them, lent their prestige to the Obama campaign. They were assured that despite the president-elect’s …
Pastors, scholars look to Latin America to 'reboot' the church and the faith
… George of Chicago asserted Wednesday evening that the late 20th and early 21st centuries have lent "empirical reality" to Rahner's claim. "There are now local churches in every part of the …
The Gospel call to peace in a time of war and terrorism
… then, here's a talk he gave in Endicott, N.Y. on March 8, 2008, during a series of talks for Lent with the theme "The Election and Transforming Issues." The bishop's talk is called: "The …
Fordham forum examines response to torture by U.S.
… church, Father Christiansen said it persisted until Pope John Paul II on the first Sunday of Lent in 2000 issued an unprecedented jubilee-year "request for pardon" for the sins of members of …
Growing numbers say diet must reflect the divine
… abstaining from certain foods have traditionally been important in certain seasons, such as Lent. For many congregations, today’s initiatives are tackling new terrain. The faithful discuss …
Philanthropist Sir John Templeton dies at 95
… away, but eventually," he said. Long associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), Templeton lent his professional expertise to the church's clergy pension fund for more than three decades …
USCCB: Dramatic debate, cliffhanger result on liturgy
… the Cross.” “The last time I heard that word was back in 1949, during Stations of the Cross in Lent,” Galeone said. “I challenge anyone to proclaim what’s given here at Mass,” he said. “It’s … go forward,” adding that he believes the new Mass texts “become stronger after Advent, into Lent and Easter.” Responding to the “let’s move on” argument, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of …
USCCB: Dramatic debate, cliffhanger result on liturgy
… the Cross.” “The last time I heard that word was back in 1949, during Stations of the Cross in Lent,” Galeone said. “I challenge anyone to proclaim what’s given here at Mass,” he said. “It’s … go forward,” adding that he believes the new Mass texts “become stronger after Advent, into Lent and Easter.” Responding to the “let’s move on” argument, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of …
Pax Christi
… French and German villages on the border. Would Bishop Theas help? she asked. He agreed. He lent his support and within months, such processions between old enemies occurred regularly. The …
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… or 12 weeks, we have returned to what we call "ordinary time." We finished the celebration of Lent and Easter, Pentecost and then Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi. So now we begin once more …
Survey assesses Catholics' beliefs, practices on Mass, sacraments
… II and post-Vatican II generations to say that they abstained from meat on Fridays during Lent and typically received ashes at Ash Wednesday services. Nearly half of the millennial group … percent) said they usually gave up or abstained from something besides meat on Fridays during Lent, compared to 30 percent of the pre-Vatican II generation, 34 percent of the Vatican II group …
Fifth Sunday of Lent
… for these sacred celebrations of Holy Saturday night. Today, of course, is the last Sunday of Lent. Not that our fast and abstinence is over, but truly this is the fifth week of Lent, and next week we celebrate what we call the Sunday of the Lord's Passion, and we begin that … days on earth, and through his resurrection to new life. Because it is this final Sunday of Lent, where we have been instructed week by week on what it means to follow Jesus, all of us - …
Fourth Sunday of Lent
… Right now, for most of us, it will mean that we have to continue our conversion. This is what Lent is for, why we have these six weeks where we try to undergo once more, a very profound … is a very profound conversion that we're being called to undertake. We've had three weeks of Lent so far; we're entering the fourth week. Maybe it's time for us to renew our commitment to …