Catholic parishes must help to alleviate what some have termed an “epidemic of loneliness.”
Pope Francis reminds us, “Participation in political life is a moral obligation.”
My faith is rooted in the tradition of my family, a line of Irish Catholics.
Have we become tone deaf to the concept of sacrifice and suffering?
Sister Sandy Sherman thought she would follow the traditional route of women religious, joining the ranks of the Catholic teachers who had inspired her.“I thought I would enter and I would teach school my whole life and I would wear a habit,” said Sherman, who joined the Order of Saint U
AsiaNews, the Rome-based missionary news agency, reported on Sept. 8 that Chinese authorities had taken Coadjutor Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, China, out of the diocese to northwest China “on a trip.” Local faithful said it was to prevent him from taking possession of the diocese
“We hope to highlight the importance of prayer as a reasonable and efficacious response to the violence that has touched too many communities in our nation.”