“In the end I’ve been able to come to this point, this graced point, where the Lord has made clear to me this is my vocation,” Deacon Streifel said.
“Serving Others in God’s Love” is the theme of this year’s Religious Freedom Week. U.S. Catholics are encouraged to pray and take action act in support of religious liberty at home and abroad.
All dictatorships begin the same way: media outlets are put in the hands of “unscrupulous” people who spread lies and weaken democracy, Pope Francis said.
Archbishop William E. Lori joined his brother bishops “and so many others of goodwill in calling on our leaders to cease the current practice of separating children from their mothers…”
18 de junio de 2018 El Reverendísimo William E. Lori, Arzobispo de Baltimore, expresó su decepción y profunda preocupación por la separación de familias como resultado de la política de inmigración vigente en los Estados Unidos. “No hay una justificación racional para que un gobierno civilizado separe a niños de sus padres como herramienta para aplicar […]
June 18, 2018 Most Reverend William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, has expressed disappointment and grave concern at the separation of families as a result of the Immigration policy of the United States. “There can be no reasonable justification for a civilized government to separate children from their parents as a means for enforcing the […]
Children are God’s greatest gift and should be welcomed “as they come, as God sends them, as God allows, even if at times they are sick,” the pope said.
Francesco Cesareo, chairman of the National Review Board, urged the bishops to “never waver” in their commitment to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sexual abuse.
Cardinal Turkson is considered by some to be a potential successor to Pope Francis, and his visit attracted faithful from across Charm City to the basilica.
Daily we pray for the coming of God’s Kingdom: Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done. In the Our Father, we ask for the grace to listen to Jesus, to accept his teaching, to welcome him into the center of our lives, to let his love reign in our hearts.
I started writing these while on an airplane yesterday, but then I didn’t manage to finish them until today. But it felt a little like being in Green Eggs and Ham. “Can you write takes on a plane? Can you write them on a train? In a car or on a tree…?”
Authorities said police have also identified the vehicles used by the gunman and his accomplices.
