According to recent statistics, there are some 36,000 priests, 46,000 men and women religious and 19,000 permanent deacons serving in the United States today. Each of these links to an impressive history of service to the people of God through their respective
It’s Respect Life Sunday, and today parishes across the nation will emphasize the current issues that threaten the sanctity of human life. Although abortion is the pre-eminent respect-life issue, other threats to human dignity exist, including the death penalty, suicide, embryonic stem-cell