Mary Marrocco: Humanity’s secret name: ‘Cared For’
Bicycles are a popular means of transportation, with a long history — my grandfather’s bicycle, the only vehicle he ever owned, got him to and from work at the Quaker Oats factory 364 days per year.
God's Word on Sunday: People need time to respond to grace
Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 2 (Year B) Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 22; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8
No one could blame the members of the Jerusalem community for being suspicious of their unexpected “guest.”
God's Word on Sunday: Jesus opened the path to God to all
Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25 (Year B) Acts 4:7-12; Psalm 118; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18
Even the hostile authorities could not deny that Peter and John had performed a great healing miracle. But they wanted to know who or what was behind it — whose power were they channeling.
Cardinal Ouellet unveils major Vatican conference on priesthood slated for 2022
VATICAN CITY -- Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022.
God's Word on Sunday: Past offers opportunity for enlightenment
Third Sunday of Easter, April 18 (Year B) Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48
Sometimes terrible things are done by people thinking that they are doing something worthy of praise — even pleasing to God.
Cardinal Parolin says church divisions stem from misunderstanding 'reform'
VATICAN CITY -- Three days after the preacher of the papal household called on Catholics to repent for the ways they are dividing the church, the Vatican secretary of state said the divisions are real and they are harmful.
Christ's victory over death proclaims a second chance for all, Pope Francis says
VATICAN CITY -- The Easter liturgies -- with the fire, sharing of light from the paschal candle, the renewal of baptismal promises and the proclamation that Jesus has risen -- assure people that it is never too late to start again, Pope Francis said.
God's Word on Sunday: Survival depends on the pursuit of unity
Second Sunday of Easter, April 11 (Year B) Acts 4:32-25; Psalm 118; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31
The solutions to life’s problems are often quite simple and right in front of us.
Cardinal, at Pope Francis' Good Friday service, decries divisions within church
VATICAN CITY -- As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine their consciences for ways they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis celebrates Holy Thursday Mass with Cardinal Becciu
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis celebrated a private Mass on Holy Thursday with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes who was forced to resign amid an investigation into suspected financial malfeasance.
Mary Marrocco: We must surrender to the one true power
A woman I knew became Christian as an adult. Unlike some of us lifelong Christians who can be oblivious of the strangeness of our faith, she was appalled by one of the Beatitudes.