Lazarus, a destitute man, is a central character in one of Jesus' best-known parables (Lk 16:19-31). The poor man's name reveals a great deal about him.
Actually, every person's name is revealing. A name possesses a unique, hidden power. Names...
"Become a beggar. That's what is lacking, learning to beg from those to whom we give," Pope Francis told youths when he visited the Philippines in January 2015. He meant he wanted the youths "to be evangelized by" those...
VATICAN CITY -- "No effort must be spared" to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and "to prevent the possibility of their being covered up," Pope Francis said in a letter addressed "to the people of God."
"I acknowledge...
By RICHARD DOERFLINGER
The Senate debate over a new U.S. Supreme Court nomination has revived an older debate: whether that court should overrule its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision declaring a "right" to abortion. A publication called the National Catholic...
By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK
Jealousy destroys families, companies, governments, religious progress and, worst of all, those infected by it.
On the ruinous effects of jealousy, Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen wrote, "Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies."
Jealousy often...
By JOHN GARVEY
The news of ex-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick's crimes is deeply troubling for two reasons.
The first is that it is a serious blow to the church's moral authority. We suffered something like this in 2002, with the disclosure...
VATICAN CITY — Like the ancient Israelites, Christians today also can fall into the temptation of creating their own idols when difficulties and uncertainties arise, Pope Francis said.
“To escape precariousness human nature looks for a ‘do-it-yourself’ religion. If God...
OXFORD, England — The Rwandan Catholic bishops’ conference urged the government of President Paul Kagame to preserve religious rights after government officials closed thousands of churches and mosques.
The buildings remained locked because of what the government said were health...
OMAHA, Neb. — The state of Nebraska Aug. 14 executed its first death-row prisoner in 21 years, convicted murderer Cary Dean Moore, who was pronounced dead at 10:47 a.m. (CDT) at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.
Omaha Archbishop George...
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) Prv 9:1-6
Psalm 34:2-7
2) Eph 5:15-20
Gospel: Jn 6:51-58
An unanswered question
The day after Jesus multiplied a few loaves of bread into thousands, a crowd gathered in the synagogue in Capernaum to hear him speak. He...