Today’s Video: Jesus is with you!
This is a homily for the 3rd week of Easter. Jesus appears to the disciples on the way to Emmaus, but it is only in the breaking of the bread that they truly see him. Meals are a means of encountering one another, and so I exhort you this week …
Boston archdiocese assembles teams of priests to anoint coronavirus patients
by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Apr 26, 2020 / 02:01 pm MT (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Boston has assembled groups of priests — living together in strategic locations close to hospitals— to administer the anointing of the sick to COVID-19 patients. Father Tom Macdonald, vice-rector of St. John’s Seminary in …
Texas ends emergency ban on elective abortions, but questions remain
CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2020 / 06:00 pm MT (CNA).- The controversy over whether Texas abortion clinics must comply with coronavirus-related emergency orders to halt elective surgeries statewide has now been rendered outdated by a new executive order allowing some surgeries to take place. However, there are continued questions about …
‘This is exactly what we want to be doing’: A friar’s life in Brooklyn during coronavirus
by Christine Rousselle Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 25, 2020 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- Fr. Brendan Buckley, OFM. Cap., had never heard of the Zoom before this past March and the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. After his home in the Diocese of Brooklyn became a center of COVID-19 illness …
Pope: The ‘greatest reality’ is God’s love, not past disappointments
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 26, 2020 / 05:56 am MT (CNA).- Jesus invites us to live with him in the present and not to get stuck in the disappointments and ‘what ifs’ of the past, Pope Francis said in his message before the Regina coeli antiphon on Sunday. …
Diaconate Ordination 2020
Congratulations, on the ordination of 10 men to the diaconate, earlier today! Seven men were ordained transitional deacons for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati; one man was ordained as a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati; and two men were ordained as transitional deacons for the Oratory of St. Philip …
Catholic Leaders Respond to Administration’s Halt to Immigration with a Call for Unity in the Effort to Overcome COVID-19
April 23, 2020 WASHINGTON – Responding to the proclamation signed by President Trump announcing a temporary reviewable immigration halt, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on …
Tornado devastates new Oklahoma Catholic Church, but Rother window unharmed
by Mary Farrow Denver Newsroom, Apr 25, 2020 / 04:00 am MT (CNA).- On May 4, the parish community of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Madill, Oklahoma would have celebrated the first anniversary of their new church building. But on April 22, an EF2 tornado pummeled the small-town church, blowing …
Pope Francis urges Catholics to unite through praying the rosary in May
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 25, 2020 / 07:15 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis sent a letter Saturday encouraging Catholics to pray the rosary throughout May. He also shared two new prayers to implore the help of the Virgin Mary during the coronavirus pandemic. “Contemplating the face of Christ …
Today’s Video: Why Doesn’t God Answer Our Prayers?
Jesus tells us that if we knock, the door will be opened to us, that all who come to him in prayer will get what they want. But this isn’t always the case, is it? Sometimes, our prayers are not answered. What does this say about God, and how do …
