True believers do not condemn people for their sins or shortcomings but intercede on their behalf with God through prayer, Pope Francis said.
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.”
The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”
Archbishop William E. Lori’s pastoral letters on racism The Journey to Racial Justice: Repentance, Healing and Action January 2019 Read the letter here in English. Read the letter here in Spanish. The Enduring Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Principles of Nonviolence February 2018 Read the letter here in English. Read the letter here […]
“Carol’s work was grounded in relationships,” Puls said. “It was all about relationships.”
Grief is absolutely essential to being human, to being fully alive. When we cannot experience, own and befriend our grief, we cannot sustain our hearts.
“You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.”
Our visit to St. Anthony lifted me in ways only the Holy Spirit can.
In the hands of such great artists as British novelist J.R.R. Tolkien or Irish poet W.B. Yeats, the elements of medieval lore have been deployed to great effect, but this is not the case with “Artemis Fowl”
In the June 14 episode of “Catholic Baltimore,” Christopher Gunty speaks with Bishop-designate Bruce Lewandowski, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Parish in East Baltimore’s Highlandtown.
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron and the Archdiocese of Detroit in a June 11 statement condemned “racist and derogatory” language used by a fringe organization located in the archdiocese that bills itself as Catholic and posted a video calling the archbishop of Washington an “African Queen,” saying he is an “accused homosexual.”
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he is “deeply concerned” that by ruling federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court “has effectively redefined the legal meaning of ‘sex’ in our nation’s civil rights law.”
