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January 19, 2012

Avoiding tension within culturally diverse parish communities

Tension often exists between the dominant culture in a parish and the minority Hispanic-Latino Catholic communities. This situation can be a challenge to the church’s mission. Instead of celebrating the building of community and promoting worship and life in prayer, or being of service to the most marginalized among us, including fighting for justice and...
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January 19, 2012

Born in the midst of daily life

The Roman basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian tends to elude the casual tourist and the hurried pilgrim, although it’s right off the Via dei Fori Imperiali between Trajan’s column and the Coliseum. A visit at any time is worthwhile, as the apse mosaics are among the most spectacular in Rome – sixth and seventh...
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January 19, 2012

Live the spirit of Christmas all year

Isaiah the Prophet tells us that in “a land of gloom, a light shall shine.” Allow me to tell two stories of light scattering the darkness.
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January 19, 2012

A Christmas and Easter love

Greetings to all and it is a blessing to sit down and write to you. It has been a year since I have written an article for The Catholic Review. It is a blessing and honor to write an article for Christmas this year. I have and you, too, have a lot to be thankful...
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January 19, 2012

The Christmas Mystery

One of the most startling truths of New Testament Christianity often reverberates for me. It is from St. Paul and though I’ve not previously observed its emphasis in my homilies or writings, I do so in this column because of the insight it offers all of us as we attempt to understand the meaning of...
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Dulles remembered as ‘priest’s priest’ at New York funeral

NEW YORK – Cardinal Avery Dulles was remembered as a theologian, mentor, counselor and “a priest’s priest” at his funeral Dec. 18 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.
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January 19, 2012

Meinelschmidt legacy swims on at St. Maria Goretti High

When Cort Meinelschmidt swam for the Hagerstown YMCA in the mid-1990s, his coach took no mercy on him.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops say Zimbabwean president must be forced to step down

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe must be forced to step down, said the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
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January 19, 2012

Minnesota bishops urge ‘compassionate dialogue’ on immigration reform

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Four years ago, Carmen Dean couldn’t have imagined the crowd that would fill her church, Risen Savior in Burnsville, to celebrate the Dec. 12 feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas.
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January 19, 2012

Priests mark 50 years of Christmas memories

Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough headed the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Dwight D. Eisenhower was well into his second term as U.S. president and the Baltimore Colts were the toast of the professional football world.
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January 19, 2012

Religious leaders must prevent fanaticism, dialogue participants say

VATICAN CITY – Religious leaders must work to prevent fanaticism, promote dialogue and stem violence, Catholic and Muslim representatives said.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican foundation solicits funds for AIDS drugs for worldwide use

VATICAN CITY – “Light a star on the tree of life” by helping the Vatican provide antiretroviral drugs to people with AIDS in the world’s poorest countries, said Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan.
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