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Year for Priests ends with papal Mass, apology
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -— Pope Benedict XVI said the Year for Priests might have been ruined by the clerical sex abuse scandal, but instead became a “summons to purification” in the Church.
Arkansas history
The eighth-grade Arkansas history class at St. Joseph School in Conway visits the Little Rock Central national historic site in May. Student Madelyn Wilhite, her grandfather Bobby Roper of Conway and National Park Service guide Crystal Mercer look at a school yearbook when Roper attended the school. (Parish News photo)
Welcoming refugees to Arkansas
In 1975, the Diocese of Little Rock launched its Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Program — with a bang. (Catholic Charities Connections supplement)
Evangelicals, other faiths take up call for immigration reform
WASHINGTON (CNS) -— Across the faith spectrum this year, from the Sojourners to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptists, prayer, education and advocacy are being taken up for the cause of immigration reform.
Ethicist says doctor should be involved with at-home genetic tests
WASHINGTON (CNS) -— Catholics should use caution in deciding whether to have genetic testing and should do so only with a doctor’s counsel, a Catholic ethicist said.
‘Uncommon gratitude’ disappoints with unrelated topics
Any book by Sister Joan Chittister is appealing. Add to her authorship ecumenical collaboration, this time with Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, and the result is an automatic stamp of approval. Sadly, this book does not live up to its promise. (Book Review)
Denying self and following God’s will leads to unexpected possibilities
Carlos was in the youth group in the 1980s. His life had an impact on me that remains today. It is not just that he was valedictorian of a private college preparatory school, or that he deeply desired to go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or that as an 18-year-old he wanted to be, in his words, “the first uncorrupt politician,” or that his dreams were huge and his future seemed limitless. (Word to Life, Seeds of Faith)
Milestones and inch-stones: the reason we celebrate
I have been anticipating my birthday with the vigor and vigilance of an 8-year-old. For months I’ve pondered what I will eat and where I will shop and how I will dress. I’ve dedicated an entire weekend to Favorite Things. I’ve even devised a wish list. (Columns)
Offering a Gospel witness in the public square
“Genuinely Christian politicians are necessary, but even more so lay faithful that are witnesses of Christ and of the Gospel in the civil and political community.” (Opinions)
Firing squad should be a wake-up call
If all goes to plan on Friday, June 18, the Utah government will kill one of its inmates by a firing squad. (Editorial)
