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Nearly 100 seniors brought their lunch and clapped along to the beat of “Be Honest With Me,” “Hound Dog,” and other hits from the 1950s at Christ the Redeemer Church in Sterling Aug. 31. Claude Gianino, president of the senior group, said the concert series is the group’s signature project designed to foster Christian unity.
The topic of “synodality” has generated rich conversation in recent years, especially since the election of Pope Francis.
Statements by Pope Francis and American bishops reacting to the church’s sex abuse scandal suggest they are serious about getting to the roots of what happened and doing something meaningful about it.
Each of our parish sanctuaries is a kind of Noah’s Ark. The Lord has called you to take refuge in it, even as rising waters buffet, rock and flood the earth. In fact, your sanctuary-ark is in some sense the very place of your salvation.
For the past 40 years, Pat Boerschinger has been legally blind. And while she cannot see, her faith in God and devotion to Mary guide her every step.
Jesus himself showed that the best way to respond to scandal and divisiveness is to stay silent and pray, Pope Francis said Sept. 3 as he resumed his early morning Masses with invited guests.
Growing up in Munjor, and later Hays, fraternal twins Amber and Brianna Wooldridge were used to celebrating milestones together.
Jesuit Father Edward Reese, the president of St. Ignatius Prep School in San Francisco, offered prayers in both Phoenix and Washington, including a homily at the National Cathedral in Washington, after the death of John McCain, the senator from Arizona who died Aug. 25 at age 81 after a long struggle with brain cancer.
Pope Francis appealed for peace and dialogue as the Syrian government and its allies prepare to launch strikes against the last major rebel stronghold in Idlib province in the country's northwest.



Painting a picture
These days, we live by images. Images are very potent.