In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Bishop Shelton Fabre, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, writes that “the injustices people of color have been experiencing are a full-on attack on the dignity of human
Franciscan Father Agustino Torres writes that as restrictions start to ease up in many places of the country, the faithful should evaluate the lessons learned during this pandemic in order to truly focus on growing our relationship to Christ and sharing his
In a few weeks or less, nearly every college and university in America sent its students home and brought its courses online. While most institutions have had a long history with online learning, the shift is nonetheless monumental. As the focus has
Ashley Noronha, an American speaker and journalist who lives in Rome, says that while the outbreak of the coronavirus in Italy remains serious and the government-mandated quarantine is ongoing, Romans are doing their best to make the most of a bad situation,
Once a chief of the Latin Kings gang in Chicago, Deacon Pablo Perez’s life changed the day he left that life. But he still had work to do in reforming his life. “Once I let go and let him take control then
In an interview with the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, says that the country’s government needs to do more to protect Christians amid a rise in kidnappings
As Haiti marks the 10-year anniversary of the 7.0 earthquake that killed as many as 300,000 people, Bania Ledix, project officer for Catholic Relief Services, recalls the horrifying experiences in the immediate aftermath of the disaster -- and the resilience she’s seen
Jesuit Father Peter Schineller writes that the Church long ago took St. Paul’s words to heart and recommended dozens of short aspirations that Christians can learn by heart. Ideally, such prayers should become second nature, as much a part of our daily
A September ruling in a Quebec Court ruled that euthanasia must not be limited to patients whose deaths are ‘reasonably foreseeable,’ opening the door to euthenasia on demand. David Cook, the campaigns manager for Canada’s Campaign Life Coalition, writes: “As history proves,
In a recent dialogue with Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, Father James Martin said that he is trying to “encourage Catholics to see LGBTQ people as more than just sexual beings, to see them in their totality, much as Jesus saw