Two Opus Dei “numeraries” who died last year while trying to rescue a drowning friend will each receive the Carnegie Medal posthumously.
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The cardinal’s letter also warned of the “unprecedented and marked rise in the number of abuse claims” in the past 18 months.
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The incident, with its menacing racist undertones, drew strong public condemnation from Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago.
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“We must have the freedom to follow and express our convictions without government interference,” said Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield.
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(OSV News) — In anticipation of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. bishops will consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus June …
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“I don’t know if it’s a particular devotion to her as a saint, but she represents, for the church, the church’s embrace of immigrants.”
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Michael Okinczyk-Cruz, executive director of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, described the visits as “very meaningful” for detainees.
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Afterward, as Massgoers later chatted with the Augustinians and one another, the phrase “we’re so blessed” could be heard over and over again.
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At the pope’s boyhood home, the final stop of the pilgrimage, the Midwest Augustinians blessed and hung a portrait of the pope in the living room.
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“In a world that we live in where everything is negative, to have a fun comment, a fun little story like this … shows that the pope is human.”
