OTTAWA – When Canada’s aboriginal leaders meet with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican April 29, they hope to turn the page on the tragic legacy of Indian residential schools.Read More
Pope Benedict XVI’s revised prayer for the Jews for use in the Tridentine-rite Good Friday liturgy does not indicate any form of stepping back from the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Vatican said.Read More
In late August, a historic earthquake left a small crack in the steeple at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Edgewater, before Hurricane Irene damaged property of the church and that of many of its parishioners.Read More
Having written two monumental works, “The Birth of the Messiah” and “The Death of the Messiah,” the great Scripture scholar Sulpician Father Raymond Brown was asked, “Are you going to write about the Resurrection of the Messiah?”Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A 15-year-old girl in Wisconsin walked to a park near her home. She met a young man. The two young people talked, flirted, laughed. The young man offered marijuana to the girl.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Christ’s resurrection is not a myth or fairy tale; it is the one and only event that has destroyed the root of evil and can fill the emptiness in people’s hearts, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Easter message.Read More
WASHINGTON – As the median U.S. household income declined, more Americans dropped below the poverty line, with Hispanics and children taking a particularly hard hit, according to statistics released Sept. 13 by the U.S. Census Bureau.Read More
As Jesus’ body was being taken down from the cross and being prepared for burial, what might Jesus say to us about his experience? I believe he might say the following:Read More
NEW YORK – When Pope Benedict XVI returns to the Vatican, he’ll be toting a gift not generally associated with an 81-year-old pontiff. He’ll take home the “official papal skateboard,” a gift from the youths of New York.Read More
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. – In the minutes, hours and days immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States, Bishop Joseph V. Adamec was gratified to see people turning to God and praying together as they sought to make sense of the tragedy.Read More