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Tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, down a lengthy stretch off Route 250, Our Lady of the Angels Monastery sits perched on the hillside. Inside, the sisters live a self-sustained lifestyle filled with prayer, devotion … and cheese-making.
A Vienna woman makes fanciful yarn wigs for children experiencing hair loss.
Bishop Burbidge celebrated the Mass to Pray for Hispanic Vocations.
Church bells could be heard ringing throughout Lebanon May 12 mourning Cardinal Nasrallah P. Sfeir, the country's retired Maronite Catholic patriarch known for defending his country's sovereignty and independence.
The new Motu Proprio Vos estis lux mundi is a significant move forward for the universal Church, one that echoes many of the practices established in the U.S. Bishops’ Essential Norms and the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People that have been in force in the United States since 2002.
While many of the Holy Father’s mandates are already being implemented in dioceses throughout the United States, the new norms also rightly address the accountability of bishops. The directives serve as a clear reminder that no person in a position of authority within the Catholic Church is exempt from accountability. In fact, those in authority have a special and critical responsibility to account for their own behavior and to ensure that allegations of sexual abuse are investigated thoroughly.
Q. Can a divorced person serve as a eucharistic minister, or do you need to get your marriage annulled first? I have no intention of remarrying, nor am I living with a partner or having a sexual relationship with anyone. What is the Catholic Church's rule on this? (Trinidad and Tobago)
It is the belief of the church, in what is known as the doctrine of apostolic succession, that bishops and priests today are linked in an unbroken line to those same original apostles.
If we tried to increase our prayer life during Lent, we should double our efforts now. If we tried to face the world's injustice during Lent, we should turn there more deeply now.
I’m a sheep
To be a sheep under the care of the Good Shepherd is the beginning of our eternal life. The peace and security we hope for in this world is something we expect will be present in Heaven. As sheep in Jesus’ care, we already possess something of eternity.