On the feast of the Visitation we recall yet another dimension of Mary’s response; we honor her spirit of service, or diakonia. Mary’s generous care for Elizabeth anticipates the spirit of service that should be the hallmark of the church, which is sent especially to the poor.
David Pleins 'Evolving God' and Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J.'s, 'Ask the Beast' take up the religious themes and sensibilities of Darwin's work.
Paula Huston’s 'A Land Without Sin' weaves together archeology, political revolution, the demise of the Mayan civilization.
Jeremy Treglown’s approach in 'Franco’s Crypt' is microscopic rather than macroscopic.
In 1959, Pope John XXIII redesignated the Diocese of Galveston as the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, and elevated Houston’s Sacred Heart parish to the unusual status of co-cathedral, shared with the St. Mary cathedral basilica in Galveston.
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The Acts of the Apostles presents a reverse Babel at Pentecost when the confusion of tongues described in Gn 11 1 ndash 9 is transformed into understanding among the earliest disciples of Jesus who find themselves speaking ldquo other languages rdquo The confusion of tongues at Babel gives to u