In full vestments and flanked by pines, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens held high the Eucharist in a golden monstrance, making the sign of the cross over the stream that flowed gently from the placid lake behind him. Next to him, a signpost read, "Here 1,475 FT above the ocean, the mighty Mississippi begins to flow on its winding way 2,552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico."
Comparing his excitement to that of a child on Christmas Eve, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he waits each year at Pentecost “to see what it is that the Holy Spirit is going to do in our local Church when we open our hearts to the gifts of the Spirit.”
Most of the pro-life activists sentenced to federal prison terms in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia May 14 and 15 along with Lauren Handy are Catholics with years in the "rescue movement" and other arrests.
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision making abortion a constitutional right, a majority of Americans said they support legal abortion in all or most cases, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
One in five Americans struggle from a mental illness, said Rebecca Brubaker, a mom of seven and a parishioner of Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville, with a sense of urgency in her voice.
John 15 states, “If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.”
Over the past month and a half, the “Practicing Catholic” radio show has interviewed each of the 13 men from the archdiocese who will be ordained on May 25.
John Krasinski wrote, directed and plays a prominent role in the generally wholesome fantasy "IF" (Paramount). Yet, while the good intentions behind his film are evident, it ends up registering as a sweet but flawed piece of entertainment, one that gets in its own way by trying too hard to be liked.
When you are a parent, you clock many hours in the back of churches. Pacing with fussy babies. Corralling rambunctious toddlers. Calming down restless children.
St. John Paul II's American biographer, George Weigel, was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland by President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw May 13.
The cross over Notre Dame's choir and the eight bronze bells in the north tower can now be reinstalled in their rightful place in the iconic Paris cathedral.
When you are a parent, you clock many hours in the back of churches. Pacing with fussy babies. Corralling rambunctious toddlers. Calming down restless children.