Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 11, 2019
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Wis 18:6-9
Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-22
2) Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12
Gospel: Lk 12:32-48
Scripture holds up Abraham as our "father in faith." That's no small title! And we might wonder...
When I was growing up in a small Midwestern farm community, I was vaguely aware of rich folks. There were prosperous lawyers, business owners, Dad's cousin who owned the grain mill.
Our family struggled on a small dryland farm, made...
EL PASO, Texas — Greg Zanis, a carpenter by trade from Aurora, Illinois, has traveled around the country for more than 20 years to place white wooden crosses in memory of shooting victims, and after the mass shootings Aug....
MINNEAPOLIS -- As residents of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mourned the loss of 31 people in mass shootings Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, the Knights of Columbus honored a teen who died in May trying to save...
VATICAN CITY -- Like the apostles who brought spiritual and physical healing to those in need, Christians are called to tend to the wounds of the suffering and the downtrodden, Pope Francis said.
The church does not close its eyes...
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. — Maryknoll Lay Missioners have created the Bishop McCarthy Spirit of Mission Award to honor lay missioners “who exemplify an outstanding dedication to the spirit of mission after their return to the United States from their overseas...
VATICAN CITY — A normally quiet month was surprisingly struck by a brief, but intense summer squall at the end of July.
Questions and controversy, accusations and explanations blew through Rome and across the webiverse concerning big changes underway at...
WARSAW, Poland — Senior Vatican representatives joined the first officially approved church festival at Medjugorje, three months after Catholic pilgrimages to the site in Bosnia-Herzegovina were authorized by the pope.
“We are called to share the difficulties of our contemporaries...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- In 2018, the Knights of Columbus gave $185.7 million to charity and donated 76.7 million hours of hands-on service.
The New Haven-based Catholic fraternal organization announced its charitable activity over the last year in a July...
WASHINGTON -- The bishop of El Paso, Texas, met with the families of those who were killed and wounded during the Aug. 3 shooting at a Walmart in the city where he serves, and in a statement following the...