Preparation for marriage should rely less on workbooks and more on prayer and community.
Sacraments
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What Catholic devotion to the Sacred Heart reveals: The Eucharist is about friendship
The writings of St. Ignatius Loyola and the traditional Catholic devotion to the Sacred Heart highlight a specific aspect of the Eucharist: friendship.
Posted inFaith, News
Citing ‘superficial’ marriage prep, Pope Francis calls for yearlong program for engaged couples
Pope Francis said “superficial” marriage preparation programs leave many couples at risk of having invalid marriages or unprepared to cope with the struggles that arise in every marriage.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The feast of Corpus Christi comes out of medieval spirituality. But it is not a relic of the past.
With Vatican II and the return of the sacred liturgy to the faithful, Corpus Christi seemed to become a relic of an earlier, deprived spirituality. But the church tends to rearrange her treasures rather than abandon them.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After abortion vote, Colorado Catholic bishops ask lawmakers to refrain from Communion
Catholic bishops in Colorado have asked state politicians who voted in favor of abortion rights legislation to refrain from presenting themselves for Holy Communion in a June 6 open letter.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Catholics: Stop spending an unholy amount on weddings
The joy of marriage is getting overshadowed by the pressure for increasingly expensive and elaborate weddings. Parish priest could gently remind couples that it does not have to be this way.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I don’t think we should be banning anyone from the Eucharist.
It is Christ who sets the table and draws up the guest list. Who are we, serving at that table, to amend his invitation?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
$2 million tabernacle stolen and statue beheaded in Brooklyn Catholic church
Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Nancy Pelosi responds to being barred from Communion: I respect pro-life views but not ‘foisting them onto others’
“I come from a largely pro-life, Italian-American Catholic family, so I respect people’s views about that, but I don’t respect us foisting it onto others,” Ms. Pelosi said in response to the move by Archbishop Cordileone.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Cordileone on barring Nancy Pelosi from Communion: ‘I cannot in my conscience allow the situation to continue.’
“I really would prefer not to do this,” the archbishop of San Fransisco told Gloria Purvis. “But I cannot in my conscience allow the situation to continue and cause this scandal.”