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Communion Prep with YouTube

Robyn Barberry
June 1, 2017

Even though we’d been preparing for months, Collin was nervous about receiving his First Holy Communion. I would pretend to be the sacristan in front of the kitchen counter, administering unconsecrated Triscuits and water from a Waterford goblet. Time after time he’d forget something when he approached the “altar.” Hands folded in prayer, a bow, […]

A group of armed civilians is seen May 28 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Bishops in Guerrero have suffered threats from organized criminal groups as they serve a region rife with drug cartel activities and parishes located in impoverished indigenous communities where people eke out existences by cultivating opium poppies. (CNS photo/Jose Luis de la Cruz, EPA)

Bishops in southern Mexico face threats from organized criminal groups

David Agren
May 31, 2017

Bishops in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero have suffered threats from organized criminal groups as they serve a region rife with drug cartel activities and parishes located in impoverished indigenous communities where people eke out existences by cultivating opium poppies.

Rick Best, a 53-year-old member of Christ the King Parish in Milwaukie, Ore., was stabbed to death May 26 when trying to defend two young women from a man who yelled epithets at them aboard a commuter train, said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Best is pictured on the left in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Best family)

Oregon Catholic father of four killed trying to protect fellow passengers

Ed Langlois
May 30, 2017

On a crowded Portland commuter train May 26, a selfless Catholic father of four stepped forward to calm a tense situation. He was that kind of guy.

Ordained and vested, Deacons John Martinez, John Streifel and William Keown process out of the Baltimore Basilica following their May 27 ordination. (Photo by Richard Lippenholz | Special to the Catholic Review)

Three ordained to transitional diaconate for Archdiocese of Baltimore

Erik Zygmont
May 30, 2017
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Just before he ordained them to the transitional diaconate, Archbishop William E. Lori had some advice for William Keown, John Streifel and John Martínez. Pray. Pray hard. Pray without ceasing. “It’s not enough to be a professional prayer,” the archbishop said in his homily at their May 27 ordination Mass at the Baltimore Basilica. “After […]

Pope Francis greets workers as he arrives at the ILVA steel plant during his May 27 pastoral visit in Genoa, Italy. (CNS photo/Giorgio Perottino, Reuters)

Pope spends day in Genoa talking jobs, witness, migration

Cindy Wooden
May 30, 2017

VATICAN CITY — Condemning an economy that encourages speculation more than entrepreneurship, warning priests and religious that they share responsibility for the vocations crisis and telling young people they are right to be puzzled by nations that close their doors to people fleeing persecution, Pope Francis spent a busy day in Genoa. Besides being packed […]

Archbishop William E. Lori shares a personal reflection during the funeral Mass for Bishop William C. Newman at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland May 29. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Bishop Newman remembered for modeling ‘justice, mercy, humility’

Paul McMullen
May 29, 2017
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How admired was Bishop William C. Newman? Applause cascaded through the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland May 29, as the casket bearing his body was wheeled down its main aisle, toward his final resting place in its crypt.

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