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Archbishop Lori’s Talk: Current State of Religious Freedom in the United States

Archbishop William E. Lori
October 15, 2017
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I am neither a lawyer nor a sociologist but as a priest and bishop I can see how fast law and culture are changing. The words of Pope Francis ring true, when he said: “We are living not in an era of change but in the change of an era.” In this new era, the influence of religion on culture is also in flux, some would say, in decline.

Boy Scouts place U.S. flags on graves in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix May 28, 2016. The Boy Scouts of America's board of directors unanimously agreed Oct. 11 to allow girls into the Cub Scout program next year and let older girls become Eagle Scouts. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Catholic group will accept Scouts’ decision to allow girls to join

Catholic News Service
October 13, 2017
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The leaders of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, which has its headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Irving, said they “accept and work with the new membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America” to admit girls.

Residents embrace near the remains of destroyed homes Oct. 9 after wildfires in Santa Rosa, Calif. A series of deadly Northern California wildfires has killed at least 17 people, destroyed more than 2,000 buildings, including a section of Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa. (CNS photo/John G. Mabanglo, EPA)

Long-term recovery ahead for California communities hit hard by wildfires

Catholic News Service
October 13, 2017
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The Diocese of Santa Rosa “has been hit hard” and “is in an ongoing state of uncertainty” because of Northern California wildfires that began the night of Oct. 8, said Bishop Robert F. Vasa.

Pope Francis celebrates the Eucharist during Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican Sept. 14. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) See POPE-MASS-CROSS Sept. 14, 2017.

What is happening at Mass?

Bishop Robert Barron
October 11, 2017

As many Catholics know, the Second Vatican Council famously referred to the liturgy as the “source and summit of the Christian life.” And following the prompts of the great figures of the liturgical movement in the first half of the twentieth century, the Council Fathers called for a fuller, more conscious, and more active participation in the liturgy on the part of Catholics. However, since Mass attendance in Europe, North America, and Australia has plummeted, it is not surprising that an extraordinary number of those who self-identify as Catholics in the West have very little idea what the Mass actually is.

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