Day

May 23, 2016

Archbishop Lori ordains permanent deacon, transitional deacon

Archbishop Lori ordained Deacon Scott Rose as a permanent deacon and Deacon Kevin Ewing as a transitional deacon.
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Pope Benedict denies latest rumors about Fatima ‘secret’

The Vatican communique said: “In this regard, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI declares ‘never to have spoken with Professor Dollinger about Fatima ..."
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Court remands two HHS challenges to lower courts ‘in light of Zubik’

The U.S. Supreme Court in orders issued May 23 remanded two Catholic entities’ legal challenges to the federal contraceptive mandate back to the lower courts.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily – Trinity Sunday

St. Clare gives us good advice in our busy distracted lives when she says, “We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.
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Feast of heaven and earth

Does our understanding and appreciation of the Eucharist change as we receive over time? Do we ever take this extraordinary gift for granted? Do we feel changed, not just by that first intimate encounter with the Eucharist, but every time?
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‘The meeting is the message,’ pope tells head of al-Azhar

After five years of tension, Pope Francis and the grand imam of one of the most important Sunni Muslim universities in the world embraced at the Vatican.
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2016 Daily Mass Readings

Review daily Mass readings for May, June and July of 2016.
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