In rare cases, priests can withhold absolution from the penitent if they refuse to cease immoral acts
From an early age, we come to recognize ourselves as free creatures. The 2-year-old seeks to tie her own shoes, to buckle her own seatbelt, to “do it myself!” This awakening of freedom is a ...
Each Pentecost, the Pantheon in Rome has a tradition where rose petals rain down from the open ceiling upon the congregation, imitating the Holy Spirit descending as tongues of fire upon the apostles. If you've ...
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a defeat for all. We are called never to abandon those who are suffering.’
Eucharistic processions on Corpus Christi bring us into the mystery of walking beside Jesus in Jerusalem
The meaning of the Glory Be prayer can be understood through Scripture and its Latin translation
In a recent cover story in The Atlantic, journalist and former priest James Carroll announced that he refuses to participate in Mass. Because of the abuse scandal, he has determined that only a total boycott ...
I feel good. In the last several weeks I have attended two ceremonies in which young men were ordained priests. In my home diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, I saw five fine candidates receive Holy Orders ...
We should look at the latest revelation about McCarrick as an opportunity to move forward, rather than treat it as grounds for continuing our fraternal infighting.
I can’t speak to whether or not letters to the editor were included in the first issue of Our Sunday Visitor when it rolled off of Father John Francis Noll’s printing press back in 1912, ...
