Columnists
Where did Pentecost go?
It seems that the Holy Spirit is the most neglected member of the Blessed Trinity. So it should not surprise us that the third of the big three liturgical events of the year — Christmas, […]
Month: June 2019
Nation & World
Calming consciences: Pope gives seafarer chaplains special powers
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis gave priests who minister to seafarers special permission to grant absolution for sins that usually would require the intervention of a bishop or the Vatican itself. “I want to say something about […]
News
Miscellany wins five Catholic Press Association awards
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.—The Catholic Miscellany received five awards during the Catholic Media Convention held June 18-21. The annual competition is sponsored by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, and the awards […]
Nation & World
U.S. bishops join pope reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child
WASHINGTON—U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico. “This image cries to heaven […]
Nation & World
Christian community a place of welcome, solidarity, pope says
VATICAN CITY—To be part of a Christian community is to belong to a group of believers who shun selfishness and give witness to God’s love by loving and caring for one another, Pope Francis said. […]
South Carolina
Webinars land Martocchio a national catechesis award
CHARLESTON—A series of innovative webinars designed to teach catechetics to church and school personnel has landed Michael Martocchio an esteemed Wineskin Award. Martocchio, director of the diocesan office of Catechesis and Christian Initiation, developed a […]
South Carolina
Neophytes follow the light of Christ into the Church
CHARLESTON—When Anna Krancek walked into the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist with her family on June 9, she was celebrating the happy conclusion of a long and winding spiritual journey. The Kranceks, of Myrtle […]
South Carolina
Fifty cents as a sexton leads to 25 years as a priest
CHAPIN—Father Dennis Willey’s journey to the priesthood started in silent, precious hours he spent as a child in his hometown parish in Connecticut. “I worked as a sexton at the church and was paid 50 […]
Nation & World
Receive Communion every time as if it were the first time, pope says
VATICAN CITY—Every time a Catholic receives Communion, it should be like his or her first Communion, Pope Francis said. Marking the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ June 23, the pope spoke about […]
Nation & World
Vatican women’s soccer match canceled after protests
VATICAN CITY—The members of the Vatican’s women’s soccer team decided not to play their first foreign match June 22 when a couple members of the opposing team lifted their shirts to reveal slogans protesting the […]