FENGXIANG, China – A Chinese priest who was injured in a church property dispute with the local government said that narrating the part of Jesus during a Palm Sunday Mass helped him to connect his suffering to Jesus’ suffering.
FENGXIANG, China – A Chinese priest who was injured in a church property dispute with the local government said that narrating the part of Jesus during a Palm Sunday Mass helped him to connect his suffering to Jesus’ suffering.

When St. Faustina Kowalska received revelations from Jesus over the course of her short life, the Polish nun reported that Christ frequently asked that a feast day be dedicated to Divine Mercy and that the feast be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter.
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont legislators voted to override the governor’s veto of same-sex marriage legislation April 7, making the state the fourth to allow same-sex marriage and the first to do so without a court order.

WASHINGTON – Dr. John T. Bruchalski would rather close the doors of his highly successful Fairfax, Va., medical practice than violate his conscience if he is forced to offer services that violate the basic tenets of his Catholic faith.

TEMECULA, Calif. – One woman was killed and three people were injured April 7 after a 69-year-old man opened fire at a remote Catholic Korean retreat center in Southern California.
Perhaps Cyndi Lauper said it best. “Girls just wanna have fun.”
But for the eagerly anticipated Easter Vigil, there is no richer celebration in our Church’s liturgical treasury than this Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper.
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:
These 40 days and 40 nights, immersed in sacred Scripture, retelling the story of Jesus gave much to talk about. Even the moments of silence when Christ was brought up on charges during the trial speak volumes of the one who is the “Word made flesh.”
“Be generous with your time, with your love, with your life.” With these parting words to his daughter, Rachel, Doctor Mark Greene prepared for death in his final episode of season eight of the Emmy Award winning television drama “ER.”

St. Paul will be the focus of this year’s annual John Carroll lecture series at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration told members of a new President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and other guests April 6 that it wants the government to aggressively encourage participation by faith-based and community organizations in advisory and hands-on capacities.
