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The Supreme Court’s announcement that it will consider an abortion case from Mississippi next fall touched off a predictable outpouring of frenzied criticism from pro-choice sources worried lest their cherished “right” to abortion be in jeopardy. No small part of it was what might politely be called exaggeration or, not so politely, baloney.
WASHINGTON — The first day of the U.S. bishops' June 16-18 spring assembly, held virtually because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, began with discussion of how to proceed with a major topic the bishops will be taking up: the drafting of a formal statement on the "meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church."
The U.S. bishops heard a presentation June 16 on a draft document that provides a pastoral framework meant to strengthen marriage and family ministry in parishes and dioceses.
The World War I movie “1917” ends much as it begins, with the protagonist, Lance Corporal Schofield, sitting in uniform under a tree. If you viewed only those two scenes, you might believe not much happens in the film — and what a mistake that would be.
The board of trustees of The Catholic University of America in Washington gathered for its June meeting in Alexandria — and though they were on the opposite side of the Potomac from the university’s 176-acre campus in Washington, they were still at home.
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments and changes of residence:
VATICAN CITY — People with disabilities were often overlooked and faced discrimination in various health care policies and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Pontifical Academy for Life.
“The man who goes unnoticed, a daily, discreet and hidden presence,” who yet “played an incomparable role in the history of salvation” — these are the words Pope Francis used to describe St. Joseph when he proclaimed a year dedicated to the saint, a patron of the Universal Church.
I noticed it first in the bookstore. A brightly colored table full of self-help books interspersed with flip flops and beach blankets promised readers that this would be the summer they’d finally become the best version of themselves. If only they’d crack open the books and do the right things and change the wrong thoughts, all would be well. Later that day, as if to beat me over the head with the message, I saw it as a meme on social media.
When God sleeps
On a trip to Tokyo years ago, my friends and I visited a Shinto shrine in the heart of the city. Our tour-guide explained the local custom: To pray in the temple, the locals believed that you had to clap twice to wake up the god who lived there. At the time, I laughed to myself and thought, “What good is a God who takes naps? Who wants a deity who’s asleep at the switch?”