Incorruptible bodies attract attention. Recent images of a dead nun’s body in Missouri have created a buzz online, amid reports that the religious sister’s body may be incorruptible. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, was the foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. She died in 2019. When the abbey community at Gower Read more
In recent weeks, the Los Angeles Dodgers made headlines. They’ve been flip-flopping on whether or not to honor a group of anti-Catholic drag queens at their annual Pride Night. First Christians, then LGBTQ activists pressured them. The Dodgers changed their minds several times, eventually landing right back where they started. Some commentators reacted to the Read more
Perhaps you are wondering, “What is Laudato Si’ Week?” And for that matter, what does Laudato Si’ mean? Laudato Si’ is medieval Italian for “Praise be to you.” It is a quote from St. Francis of Assisi’s beautiful Canticle of the Creatures: “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains Read more
To fully grasp what Jesus was really ‘on-about’ during His public ministry can only happen in light of Pentecost Sunday. The disciples not only linked the dots but were convinced without a doubt that ‘their mutual friend’ was the Son of the Living God. He was the Saviour their ancestor had pined for. Jesus’ execution Read more
Bill Chapman is a gay Catholic man who lives in the Los Angeles area. Mr Chapman met Bishop David G. O’Connell, who a gunman killed in February. How did you meet Bishop O’Connell? Bill Chapman: The L.A. archdiocese is the largest in the nation. It’s broken up into five regions and there are five regional Read more
What if our health or happiness does not determine the age at which we die, but by those who deem us surplus to requirements and a burden on the state? In US author Lionel Shriver’s well-reviewed novel, Should We Stay Or Should We Go, a middle-aged married couple makes a pact to end their own Read more
The arson at the Palmerston North Cathedral shows the local Church as resilient people who can adapt to change. This is good because change is the only constant in life. If we had planned sharing churches, there would have been a riot. Instead, we have shown that we can move easily between churches, although everyone Read more
The Diocese of Steubenville, Ohio, became the centre of controversy last year when Bishop Jeff Monforton announced to his priests in October that the diocese would be merged with the neighbouring Diocese of Columbus, Priests of the diocese pushed back on the plan, arguing that they had not been consulted, and eventually, a planned USCCB Read more
Picture the Earth as seen in familiar photos taken from space. There it spins, a beautiful blue marble wrapped in swirling white clouds, luminous against the black background of endless space. We, humans, live here, as do millions of other species on and under the solid land, in the fresh and salty waters, and in Read more
Charity – caritas – is our very life; it is what makes us “be” what we are. When we embrace God’s love and when we love one another in him, we plumb the depths of our identity, as individuals and as Church, and the meaning of our existence. We understand not only how important our own lives are, but Read more