‘Do this in memory of me’

Our Sunday Visitor publisher Scott Richert writes about three books he is reading simultaneously: Wendell Berry’s “Hannah Coulter,” Walker Percy’s “The Message in the Bottle” and Owen Barfield’s “Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry.” He writes: “I never would have thought

Cleansed in utero?

Question: A priest told us at Mass that St. John the Baptist was born without original sin. Is this true? — Peter Tate, Long Beach, California Answer: The Church does not formally teach that St. John the Baptist was born without original