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As their summer vacation was winding down, students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington heard the magical news that their break would be extended by almost two weeks due to construction delays. That news took me back to another O’Connell building project that was behind schedule; however, that project was running way behind, and the consequences were significant.
VATICAN CITY — The international community must ramp up its efforts if it expects to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston and the other members of his international Council of Cardinals to be voting members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.Releasing the list of synod participants Sept. 21, the Vatican also noted that the pope had nominated as synod members Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego and Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
We began our football season with a loss in double overtime to Kenyon College, the alma mater of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
EL PASO, Texas — At the start of a week focused on the plight of migrants, El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz asked Sept. 23 whether Christians are ready to encounter a Christ who exists in the migrants at the U.S. border, in the children who have lost their lives while under immigration custody and those seeking to enter the country looking for work or safety.
PHILADELPHIA — The term "social justice" is on the lips of many pastoral leaders these days.Dioceses, parishes and religious congregations usually have a social justice coordinator who advocates for faith-based responses to issues such as immigration, racism, poverty or climate change. But for all the discussion and outreach, do Catholics in the pews actually understand what social justice means?Not really, according to Craig Giandomenico, an adjunct professor of religion and theology at La Salle University in Philadelphia.
VATICAN CITY — Catholic journalists need to be able to distinguish good from evil and recognize how their words can shape the world, not just describe what has happened, Pope Francis said.Reporters also can help "unmask words that are false and destructive," but they must make sure their sources are credible while offering the correct context, interpretation and importance of events, he said during an audience with members of the Italian Catholic press Sept. 23.
Father Tad Pacholczyk, director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, gave a presentation Sept. 14 at St. Raymond of Penafort Church in Springfield titled, “Thinking through the Ethics of the Transgender Questions.”
VATICAN CITY — At the Pontifical North American College, new student orientation is not just a weekend or even just a week — it includes almost a month of intensive Italian studies, punctuated with occasional gelato sampling and one big shoutout from Pope Francis.
What do you need to do to be a saint?
A lot less than you might think.
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