Day 279: Blessings and Burdens (2023)
Fr. Mike offers a brief recap of today’s chapter from Nehemiah, identifying the difference between those who were able to live in Jerusalem and those who were not. He explains the ancestral gifts that each tribe of Israel received and applies this concept to the vices and virtues of our families, as well as our […]
Faithful Catholics Issue BLISTERING Challenge To Bishops At Synod
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Climate activists around the world applaud pope for ‘prophetic’ new eco-doc
ROME – Climate activists across the globe have thanked Pope Francis for his new exhortation on the environment titled Laudate Deum, published ahead of a major UN climate summit, calling the text “prophetic” and saying action is needed now more than ever. Benoit Halgand, co-founder of the French youth organizations “For an Ecological Awakening” and […]
Synod Files: Zen and the Art of Narrative Maintenance, plus Hosts and Fried Eggs
[During the Oct. 4-29 Synod of Bishops on Synodality, Crux editor John Allen will offer regular analysis under the heading of the “Synod Files.”] ROME – Yesterday’s big news out of the Synod of Bishops really did come from outside, i.e., it didn’t emanate from within the Paul VI Audience Hall where the event is […]
Catholic ministry joins campaign in Brazil against privatization of prisons
SÃO PAULO – A prison ministry program run by the Brazilian bishops has joined a national camapign to oppose efforts by the administration of leftist of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to provide incentives for the privatization of prisons in the Latin American nation. The bishops’ conference’s Prison Pastoral Ministry signed a letter along […]
Why we need good fiction
To me, George Saunders is one of our best, and most brilliant, “Catholic” writers (without calling himself, or for all I know, even being a Catholic). One of the rare literary writers who has achieved mainstream success, his stories often chart a hero’s journey undertaken by a comically conflicted, clueless, culturally indoctrinated, downtrodden, middle-America protagonist, […]
Saint of the day: Bruno of Cologne
St. Bruno of Cologne was born in 1030, and is said to have been a member of a prominent family in Cologne. Not much is known about his early life, but he studied theology in Reims before returning to his homeland, where he was likely ordained a priest in 1055. The next year, he became […]
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Living on the vine
Is. 5:1–7 / Ps. 80:9, 12–16, 19–20 / Phil. 4:6–9 / Mt. 21:33–43 In this week’s Gospel, Jesus returns to the Old Testament symbol of the vineyard to teach about Israel, the Church, and the kingdom of God. And the symbolism of the First Reading and Psalm is also readily understood. God is the owner […]
Important points in Laudate Deum are overshadowed by missed opportunities
Days before its October 4 release, social media was already ablaze with vitriol over the impending release of Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum (LD).For many of us, this made it tempting to rush to a […]
St. Bruno
Bruno was born in Cologne in 1030. He studied at the Cathedral school at Rheims, and on his return to Cologne about 1055, was ordained and became a Canon at St. Cunibert’s. Bruno taught theology, criticized the worldliness he saw in his fellow clergy, and eventually became chancellor of his archdiocese. Following a vision he […]