Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Faithful respond to Midwest tornadoes, help storm victims ‘carry their cross’

Parishioners in several Midwestern states are coming together to bring help and healing after tornadoes ravaged the area April 26-28, killing at least four. The storms — which along with tornadoes dumped heavy rain and hail on Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas — claimed four lives in Oklahoma, including that of an infant, […]

Religious formation must also be human, ongoing, pope says

Seminarians and religious men and women need well-rounded formation throughout their lives, not only at the onset of their religious training, Pope Francis said. In his prayer intention for the month of May, released April 30 by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the pope described each vocation as a “diamond in the rough” needing careful […]

French prosecutor dismisses charges against priest who opposed homosexuality (CNA)

A French prosecutor has declined to press criminal charges against a prominent Catholic priest who had stirred public outrage with online statements that homosexuality is a “weakness.” Father Matthieu Raffray, a traditionalist priest with a large following, had posted in March encouraging people to fight against homosexual inclinations. The French government’s minister for equality, Aurore […]