Laudato si’ Action Platform
On Tuesday Pope Francis launched the Laudato si’ Action Platform (LSAP), which Cardinal Peter Turkson, the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Promotion...
Giving to the Catholic Appeal
“This is My commandment: love one another as I love you” (Jn 15: 12), Jesus ordered us in the Gospel on Mother’s Day. He...
Witness to Mercy
Last Sunday we were invited to meditate upon Divine Mercy and to seek it out through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Ultimately (in the truest...
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...
Witness on the Beach
This past Monday, February 15, Pope Francis released a video message regarding the 21 Christians whom the Islamic State (ISIS) had beheaded on a...
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...
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,...
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,...
Wisdom and understanding
During the Easter season at daily and Sunday Masses we hear proclaimed (even if only via television or the Internet) the Acts of the...
