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A Washington festival cultivates a conversation of hope around the Holy Land, with many groups coming together to engage visitors with the situation of Christians and of peace in the Holy Land.
Amid a federal judge ordering the government to broaden the exemptions to the immigration travel ban upheld partially upheld by the Supreme Court, Catholic and Lutheran leaders lamented that the immigration cap had been reached for refugees without such exemptions for the 2017 fiscal year.
The president of the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference and two committee chairmen condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the fatal shooting of two Israeli police officers July 14 in Jerusalem's Old City near some of the world's holiest sites.
"History is itself a victory over ignorance, marginalization and intolerance; it is a call for respect and to not repeat the mistakes of the past," said Cardinal Fernando Filoni in his book, "The Church in Iraq."
The church's Code of Canon Law recognizes that the obligation to attend Sunday Mass can be lifted for "grave cause" (Canon 1248.2). Illness (or the need to care for the sick) have traditionally been seen as qualifying reasons -- particularly when combined with the frailty of advanced age.
We’d best wait
The parables of this Sunday’s Gospel speak of some characteristics of the Kingdom of God, and therefore, they speak about God Himself. The Kingdom starts small but becomes big, welcoming people from every time and place. The Kingdom is built up by the gifts and contributions of each individual. The characteristic of the Kingdom most emphasized this Sunday, though, is the fact that God is willing to be very patient with the presence of evil in the Kingdom here on earth before, finally, He exercises His righteous justice against it.