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U.S. bishops’ administrative committee releases statement on actions to be taken regarding sex…
Days after a committee of United States bishops met with Pope Francis to discuss the clerical sex abuse crisis unfolding in the U.S., the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on Sept. 19, released…
Will Graham on playing his grandfather in ‘Unbroken’
Louis Zamperini — Olympian and World War II veteran — has been the subject of two films. In 2014, Angelina Jolie’s movie Unbroken — adapted from the best-selling book of the same name by Lauren Hillenbrand — told Zamperini’s story up to his…
The ‘Miracle Hunter’ and ‘The Apparition’
The Apparition, written and directed by Xavier Giannoli, is a thought-provoking mystery that follows a young French novitiate named Anna (Galatéa Bellugi) who claims that the Virgin Mary appeared to her. The film is seen through the eyes of…
In the midst of sex abuse allegations, what is a Catholic layperson to do?
I am one of those angry and sickened Catholic laity. The torrent of news about the latest revelations of clerical sexual abuse in the United States and elsewhere has left me drowning in frustration and grief. The Church that I love is…
What does the Catechism say about work?
With summer coming to its unofficial close, we celebrate the importance of work on Labor Day, a national holiday in the United States and Canada. As Christians, we know that even Jesus himself worked. Pope Francis wrote this in his 2015…
Holy Father’s prayer intention for September
UNIVERSAL: Young People in Africa: That young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries.
Responding to the sexual abuse crisis
The past month has been a difficult and sad one for the Church in America and for all Catholics. With the resignation from the College of Cardinals Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report, our…
Bringing healing to a wounded Church
Fr. Thomas Berg had just finished celebrating morning Mass. The faithful had left the church, and Fr. Berg was locking up. As he made his way back to the sacristy, he glanced up at a stained glass window depicting the Resurrection. It was…
Responding to abuse crisis, Pope asks Church to pray, fast
Responding publicly for the first time since last week's Pennsylvania grand jury report about widespread clergy abuse, Pope Francis on Monday called on the Church to pray and fast. "This can awaken our conscience and arouse our solidarity…
Pope revises Catechism teaching on death penalty
The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Francis has revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church's teaching about capital punishment. Paragraph 2267 used to say: Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been…
