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Pope to Germans: Godlessness, indifference pose risks for society and most vulnerable
FREIBURG, Germany (CNS) — On a four-day visit to Germany, Pope Benedict XVI warned that godlessness and religious indifference were undermining the moral foundations of society and leaving its weakest members exposed to new risks.
New Respect Life program focuses on why ’life matters’ at all stages
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The new eight-part “Life Matters” series, covering life issues from conception to death, is the centerpiece of the 2011-12 Respect Life program that begins with Respect Life Sunday, Oct. 2.
Catholic Charities hosts groundbreaking Poverty Summit
FORT WORTH, Texas (CNS) — The Catholic Church serves “all who come our way because we are Catholic,” Bishop Kevin W. Vann of Fort Worth told participants at Catholic Charities USA’s first Poverty Summit and National Gathering.
Healing attributed to intercession of Archbishop Sheen under study
PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) — That James Fulton Engstrom celebrated his first birthday Sept. 16 is amazing. In fact, some would call his life a miracle.
Sunday Mass after age 65 is still an obligation
Q. When I was in grammar school, I vaguely remember a rule that excused parishioners from Sunday Mass after the age of 65. I mentioned this to a daily communicant last week and was looked at as though I were crazy. I am now 80. Is there such a rule? (Seeds of Faith, Question Corner)
Obedience may well be the hardest vow for priests to keep
Another priest, another whiff of scandal, another suspension. (Columns)
Blue mouth, red face on Notre Dame coach
Just a pooch punt from the towering icon called “Touchdown Jesus” in athletic homage to Christ’s eternally upraised arms, Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly, with bulging carotid arteries and a limited vocabulary heavily skewed to four-letter words beginning in “f” and “s,” is the poster child for Catholic coaches gone wild. (Guest commentary)
