The choice of theme for Catholic Education Week in 2009 – Bringing Values to Life – could not be more appropriate at this time. For, as we look around the world, we see overwhelming evidence that society’s awareness of values is significaread more
The choice of theme for Catholic Education Week in 2009 – Bringing Values to Life – could not be more appropriate at this time. For, as we look around the world, we see overwhelming evidence that society’s awareness of values is significaread more
According to Sandro Magister, a stir was made recently by Bishop Mariano Crociata’s criticism of the shoddy quality of many Sunday homilies. Crociata is the secretary general of the Italian bishops’ conference. Speaking at a conference on the read more
Biblical Reflection for 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time C by Father Thomas Rosica, CSB The Sea of Galilee is a fresh water lake about 12 miles long and six miles wide. It lies some 685 feet below sea level and is about 200 feet deep. Fishing was and still is read more
“Shining the Light of Christ” is the theme for Catholic Education Week this year and is intended to encourage us all to think about how we can make best use of our own particular talents, experience, learning and skills to “shine out” as disciplesread more
Speaking to the Scottish Bishops during their Ad Limina visit to Rome on 5th February 2010, Pope Benedict XVI urged the Bishops to present the Church’s vision as a message of hope. The Holy Father said, “The Church offers the world a positive read more
Pope Benedict XVI spoke at the General Audience on Wednesday 17 February 2010 to the significance of the Lenten season. He emphasized the importance of daily conversion for swimming “against the current” of a society that promotes a “superfiread more
“Being a Servant of the Eucharist Is … a Depth of the Priestly Mystery” This is Part 2 of the “Lectio Divina” delivered by Benedict XVI to the parish priests of Rome upon receiving them in audience at the Vatican on 18th Febrread more
I would like to talk about hope and about how we help each other to hope. Three priests, a Dominican, a Benedictine and a bishop, were on a boat sailing to across the Pacific. And the boat sunk and they all ended up on a small desert island. After a bread more
Rocco Buttiglione is a prestigious Catholic intellectual who in 2004 was deprived of a post in the European Union Commission because of his faith and “conservative” views. In a recent article for L’Osservatore Romano he explains that eread more
Report Calls for Defense of Young People Sexualized images and media messages pushing licentious behavior are a threat to young people, says a report published by the U.K.’s Home Office. An independent psychologist, Dr. Linda Papadopoulos, was comread more