By Christina Capecchi
The numbers don’t look good for the U.S. Postal Service.
7/25/18
Reading Time
3
min
By Russell Shaw
In the half-century since Pope Paul VI published his encyclical, “Humanae Vitae,” reaffirming that contraception is always wrong, opponents of the teaching frequently have focused on “reception” and “sensus fidelium”— the sense of the faithful.
7/25/18
Reading Time
3
min
By Cindy Wooden
Priest documents Pope Paul VI’s preparation of 'Humanae Vitae.'
7/25/18
Reading Time
4
min
By Zoey Maraist
According to “Orientalium Ecclesiarum,” the Second Vatican Council document about Eastern Christian Churches, the term “rite” simply refers to the liturgy, ecclesiastical discipline and spiritual heritage of a certain group of Christians. But how these Eastern Christian Churches became part of the Catholic Church is a bigger story.
7/24/18
Reading Time
3
min
By Richard Doerflinger
With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court, interest groups and politicians are insisting that any replacement must pledge to uphold the court's Roe v. Wade decision on abortion.
7/24/18
Reading Time
3
min
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
I had the opportunity to spend a day at the FIAT Days Camp at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., July 8-12.
7/18/18
Reading Time
1
min
By Elizabeth Foss
Yesterday, the heat index was 109 degrees. The air hung heavy, and the haze made it so that I kept continually wiping my glasses, but my vision never cleared. Everything about the morning was oppressive. The weather matched my mood; life felt heavy and hot and enveloping. It was difficult to see more than a few inches in front of me. The familiar landscape was uncertain and light was diffuse — glaring but not illuminating.
7/18/18
Reading Time
3
min
By Fr. Robert Wagner
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus looks with pity on the crowd that follows him to a deserted place and compares them to sheep without a shepherd. Our Lord is popularly described as the Good Shepherd. He guides his flock to green pastures and leads them to the places where they will be safe. We are consoled by this image of Jesus as shepherd.
7/17/18
Reading Time
3
min
Jesus loves to feed us
Recently, it struck me how much Jesus loves to feed people.