Praying for peace and for souls
This past Sunday Pope Francis issued a worldwide call for prayer after leading the people in St. Peter’s Square in the recitation of the...
Knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord
As we celebrate the Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost this weekend, we conclude our meditations on the gifts of the Holy Spirit...
Counsel and fortitude
We continue looking at the Gifts of the Holy Spirit this week by meditating on two more of them: counsel and fortitude.
In Psalm 16,...
Sadness in Atlanta
On March 16 there was a series of deadly shootings in massage parlors in Atlanta. Debates about the motive of the killer continue to...
Racism and Catholicism
Catholics in the United States are in an awkward situation as we face the current racism crisis. For those of us who are white,...
Night and the cross
“And it was night” (Jn 13:30). The Gospel notes Judas’ departure from the Last Supper to go off and betray Jesus with these words. John...
The image of God
The crisis involving racism has not ended over the last two weeks (if it hadn’t ceased after more than four centuries of Anglo-American culture...
Peace in our times
As we prepare this editorial early in the week, we do not know in what situation the United States will find itself vis-a-vis Iran...
A new type of Lent
This is certainly a time like no other — for most of us, that is. We need to keep in perspective that almost anyone...
Religious freedom week
The bishops of the United States invite us to observe Religious Freedom Week from June 22 to 29, which is from the memorial of...
