While saying the priest who denied Joseph R. Biden communion “had a good point,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he would not have done so himself.
Sacraments
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: When can someone be denied the Eucharist?
When is it permissible, acceptable or prudent to deny the Eucharist to someone?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Joe Biden denied Communion at Mass during campaign stop in South Carolina
“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” Father Robert Morey wrote in a statement responding to queries from the Florence Morning News.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Is there a shortage of sacramental care for the elderly in the U.S.?
“Up until the last five or 10 years, Mass was offered every day. Then it was hard to get priests [every day]; then it was hard to get priests on the weekend. There were [fewer priests] in the parishes and they were being stretched thin.”
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Why Catholic bishops in Europe are concerned about the rise of ‘nature burials’
“These options are in no way Christian: to anonymously scatter ashes in nature, air or water; to install an urn in a private home or apartment; to bury remains in a private garden; or to divide ashes into multiple ‘remembrance objects,’” the bishops wrote, also criticizing the trend to convert loved ones’ ashes into jewelry.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Australian states will require priests to report abuse disclosed in confession
Two more Australian states have passed legislation criminalizing priests who fail to report the abuse of children disclosed during confession.
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Many Things
How grace transcends conflict in ‘West Side Story’ (and beyond)
All violence flows in some way from a failure to understand that our infinite desire for love can be satisfied only by the one who alone is the infinite source of that desire, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The Word of God came to heal our suffering—if we’re open to it.
We spend billions each year on avoiding pain through pharmaceuticals or self-medicating through alcohol and drugs. But we must not forget that pain and suffering are not the enemy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: When and where trauma and theology meet
Karen O’Donnell writes her own trauma theology as a “survivor’s gift that is offered as both a comfort and a challenge.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Mass is meant for the ashamed
The Eucharist is the original A.A. meeting. We need to encourage each other, remind each other that we are not alone, that our savior has called us together.