U.S. Bishop Chairman grateful for administration’s early actions to address urgent food and housing needs WASHINGTON – In response to recent announcements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) of increased protections and aid for those facing food and housing insecurity, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issued the following statement:
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Remembering the Holocaust and its victims is not only an act of solidarity but also serves as a warning to humanity that such horrors could happen again, Pope Francis said.
The town of Edmond began as an isolated railroad station on the Santa Fe Railroad in 1887, originally called “Summit” because it was the highest point on the route originating in Arkansas City, Kan. With the arrival of the railroad, the white settlers were not far behind.
Father Philip M.N. Louis, a well-respected and joyful priest of the Diocese of Nellore serving in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 19 due to complications of COVID-19 while visiting family in his home country of India. He was 53.
Pope Francis used Saint Francis of Assisi as the model for what a good neighbor is like. Another example is The Good Samaritan of Luke 10:25-37. Pope Francis says that the world is losing the ideal of what a good neighbor is.
DENVER – National FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) conferences in the past two decades have welcomed more than 80,000 people and ignited the faith of college students, parishioners, clergy, FOCUS alumni, benefactors and many others, drawing them into a deeper encounter with Christ and increased zeal for evangelization. SEEK21 will be Feb. 4-7.
La declaración que hiciera el arzobispo José Gómez el día que Joseph R. Biden tomó posesión como el 46avo presidente de los Estados Unidos, apenas el segundo presidente católico, se hizo profética en menos de 48 horas.
Within 48 hours of the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as the 46th President of the United States, and only our second Catholic president, Archbishop Gomez’s statement issued the same day proved to be prescient.
Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America from Most Reverend José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
ATLANTA (CNS) — With “social injustice, division and conflict” threatening the common good, people need to rediscover and recommit to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to work nonviolently for harmony and equality for all, Pope Francis said.
by Luis Soto, Subdirector Ejecutivo del Secretariado de Evangelización y Catequesis
Cada 6 enero, en la tradición latina, se celebra no solo la fiesta litúrgica de la Epifanía, sino como tradicionalmente se llama, la venida de los Reyes Magos. En tono de broma, en México se dice que el 12 de diciembre comienza una fiesta de casi un mes que se llama Guadalupe-Reyes. Es decir, que comienza en la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y termina en el día de los Reyes Magos.
Para todos lo que creían que el inicio del año nuevo traería consigo el fin inmediato de las pesadillas del 2020, la violencia que hizo erupción en el Capitolio sin duda hizo desaparecer esas esperanzas.
For those who had imagined that merely ringing in the new year might bring a swift end to the nightmarish events of 2020, the eruption of violence at our nation’s Capitol burst that bubble.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people’s heads rather than using them to make a cross on people’s foreheads.