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Vatican Condemns Regrettable Incidents’: Attacks on Nuns, Arrests of Priests in China The Vatican has condemned two regrettable incidents in Chinathe beating of several nuns and the continued arrests of underground Catholic priests. The violence used against several defenseless religious women
The WordFourth Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 18, 2005
“The Lord God will give him the throne of David his father” (Luke 1:32)
The WordThird Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 11, 2005
“A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light” (John 1:6-7)
The WordSecond Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 4, 2005
“Conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of the Lord” (2 Pet 3:11-12)
The WordThe Immaculate Conception of the BlessedVirgin Mary (B), Dec. 8,
“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28)
Faith in Focus
We are pilgrim people. So the Second Vatican Council proclaimed 16 times in its documents. Ever since Catholics heard these words, they have echoed them in songs and chants: we are pilgrims on the march, “for here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come” (Heb 13:14
The WordFirst Sunday of Advent (B), Nov. 27, 2005
“As you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor 1:7)
What do we really know about the woman we call Mother of God and Mother of the Church, the first of all the saints, the model believer? What do contemporary Scripture studies, archaeological research and analysis of the literature of her time reveal to us about Mary? I invite the reader to reflect w
What does the number 26,300,000 signify? It’s not the number of seconds in a day (734,400); it’s not the population of France (61,000,000); it’s not Donald Trump’s salary for his work on The Apprentice this year ($3,200,000 to say "You’re fired" 34 times). It
It is hard today to appreciate the significance of the St. Louis Jesuits. Forty years after the Second Vatican Council, the idea of a vernacular liturgy that takes Scripture seriously and attempts to engage the congregation’s participation at every step has become relatively commonplace. But i