In a joyful announcement that resonated through the halls of the XVIII Assembly of the Italian Catholic Action in Sacrofano, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, declared that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized during
Shaun McAfee explores how RCIA and other programs may be reshaped in the virtual environment. “ RCIA programs have an exquisite opportunity to perform one-on-one sessions that build dynamic relationships,” he writes. “Right now, the focus needs to be placed on introducing
Leonard DeLorenzo, in his series on the Ten Commandments, writes on the Seventh Commandment, “Thou shall not steal.” The Catechism says, “The seventh commandment forbids unjustly taking or keeping the good of one’s neighbor and wronging him in any way with respect
Author and filmmaker Jim Wahlberg shares how he overcame life on the streets of Boston, including addiction to drugs and alcohol and multiple prison sentences. He says, “I was in and out of detention centers, foster homes, halfway houses, all by the
As conversations heat up with the upcoming election, Bill Dodds offers some practical advice when we “hate the political position, love the person who holds it.” His four pointers include the following: to love your neighbor (enemy) as you love yourself; transmit
For those battling pornography addiction, Jesuit Father Peter Schineller offers hope through St. Ignatius of Loyola, himself a victim of unchaste living in his early life. But St. Ignatius was gifted with a vision of Mary and the Child Jesus, a vision
“God, please use my hands today the way you want me to use them.” North Dakota teenager Maria Loh prays that prayer every morning. It makes an offering of the 17-year-old’s usual household chores, and it gives profound meaning to the not-so-usual
As the Church prepares to celebrate the feast of St. Dominic on August 8, in an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, writer Shaun McAfee shares the contents of a recently discovered manuscript that detail nine ways the founder of the Order of
Contributing editor Russell Shaw looks at the life and legacy of Blessed Charles de Foucauld, a French priest whose canonization was announced by the Vatican in late May. De Foucauld joined the military as a young man but had a dramatic conversion,
Renée Darline Roden writes about responding with tenderness to a violent world. Two years ago, Pope Francis convened a conference on the theology of tenderness, as present in his own theology. Our decision to act with tenderness recalls the tenderness of God’s
Leonard DeLorenzo takes a look at the Sixth Commandment, “Thou shall not commit adultery,” in the seventh piece of a series exploring the Ten Commandments. He says, “At the bare minimum, that means do not have intercourse with people who aren’t your