Unbowed Freedom Fighters
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT In the fall of 1956, Hungary rose up against the Soviet communists — alone, without America’s help. Now, 65 years later, the nation is fighting against the European Union — alone, and again, under Biden, without America’s help. In tonight’s In-Depth Report, Martina Moyski has more about Hungary’s fight, […]
Mother Seton is ‘friend and fellow traveler’ on journey toward Catholicism
EMMITSBURG, Maryland — Elizabeth Ann Seton didn’t have to become Catholic. In fact, every family and social bond pulled against her, not to mention that she was a widow with five children and no means of support. Yet, she entered the Catholic Church and paid a price, whether it was shunning by family and friends […]
New normal: Swedish parish’s pandemic outreach bears fruit
LUND, Sweden — Like many priests around the world, it was tough for Dominican Father Johan Linden, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Lund, Sweden, to not be able to connect with his parishioners at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It affected me, I got quite depressed, a sort of spiritual depression,” Linden […]
Bethlehem is open for business, waiting for tourists
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — When Christy Zeidan, office manager of the Three Arches 2 souvenir shop, put the key in the door lock for the first time in nearly 20 months, she got goose bumps on her arms. “It was very emotional. It was like breathing again, but I wanted to cry when I saw […]
CRS works to help Afghan farmers facing climate-induced drought, hunger
AMMAN, Jordan — Overshadowed by the political and military turmoil engulfing Afghanistan with the Taliban takeover in August, climate change — particularly drought — is relentlessly striking this Central Asian nation with dire consequences, warns a Catholic aid agency official. “CRS has been working on a response to this climate-induced drought over the past two […]
A Jesuit, papal connection from the past in pope’s gift from Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While waiting for parishioners to arrive at a cemetery for an All Souls’ Day event Nov. 2, the pastor of a Washington parish grabbed the attention of his spiritual flock with a story about how a rarely seen object from their sacristy, possibly worn by a previous pope, had days earlier ended […]
Catholic Priests and Preaching: Preaching Must Be Intrinsic to Who a Priest Is
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The gift of self
Gospel reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mk 12, 38-44)
“Why I stay in the Church”
Two priests, both sexually abused as youngsters, tell why they have not walked away
What ever happened to the Easter People?
There really must be some way that the Catholic laity can make a meaningful and positive contribution to discussions that do, after all, involve us