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For Vatican, it’s up to Irish Church to heal scandal
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -— For Vatican and Irish participants, the two-day meeting on the handling of priestly sex abuse cases was a major accomplishment, combining a frank admission of mismanagement with truly collaborative discussions on how to avoid such mistakes in the future.
Father Victor Gillespie known for math, photography skills
Father Victor Gillespie, OSB, a longtime math and physics teacher at Subiaco Academy and pastor, died Feb. 9. He was 81. (Obituaries)
Leaders reflect on calls to vocations open to college students
God calls all of us to a vocation, 125 Catholic university students heard as they gathered Feb. 20-21 at the LaQuinta Inn in downtown Little Rock for the annual Catholic Campus Ministry state convention.
Soccer players sign letters to go separate ways for college
A Mount St. Mary Academy quartet of seniors, who have been playing soccer together since they were in kindergarten, is getting ready to go in different directions after this year. (Sports)
Catholic High graduate follows passion for horses across the country
HOT SPRINGS —- Perk up your ears at Oaklawn Park. Heard the name of trainer Danny Peitz? He’s a native Arkansan who’s super proud of his Catholic High School experience in Little Rock. (Sports)
Best movies of 2009 incorporate moral and spiritual values
NEW YORK (CNS) -— This year, for the first time since 1943, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — as the folks behind the Oscars are formally known — allowed for 10 nominees, rather than five, in the category of best picture. At the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office for Film & Broadcasting, the tradition of selecting a roster of 10 top films each year —- based on a combination of spiritual and moral as well as artistic criteria —- dates back to 1965.
God’s transforming power is not just for saints; our lives alter as well
Years ago, when Michael walked into the parish junior high school program, it quickly became clear that he was going to be a challenge for me as youth minister. He was a brilliant, fun-loving boy with a great sense of humor. The problem was that he was not only smart but also a smart aleck. (Word to Life, Seeds of Faith)
Penances we chose and those that are given to us
Once again we enter the season of penance. And the question is not what affect our little acts of self-denial -— and, let’s face it, most of them are little -— have on our lives during Lent but what remains when Easter comes. (Columns)
In seasons of marriage, God should be at center
There’s a lot involved in building a marriage. Sometimes I am completely amazed that the institution works at all. After all, look at how we get into it. A young man and woman meet and a spark sets off this romantic explosion creating an intoxicating atmosphere in which both of them lose most of their reasoning ability and connection to reality. (Opinions)
Leader pairs God’s wrath and abortion
Americans need to know what Planned Parenthood does and how our government funds their services, but the way Virginia Delegate Robert G. Marshall went about it was all wrong. (Editorial)
