Han pasado casi 20 años desde que el reflector de los medios de comunicación nos hizo darnos cuenta de la fragilidad humana, el pecado e incluso las conductas criminales dentro de nuestra amada Iglesia Católica y sus instituciones.
It has been nearly 20 years since the spotlight of media attention made us all too aware of human frailty, sinfulness and even criminal behavior within our beloved Catholic Church and its institutions.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cruelty of the Holocaust must never be repeated, Pope Francis said on the eve of the international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
METAIRIE, La. (CNS) — U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett said her Catholic education helped her develop a passion for reading that served as a launching pad for her future endeavors as a law student, attorney, law professor and judge.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Catholic Church and its people stand ready not only to help expectant mothers bring their pregnancies to term but to assist women who have had abortions, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The chilly morning air blew through the crowd as they huddled at the bottom of the north steps of the Oklahoma State Capitol. More than 500 people gathered for the inaugural Oklahoma March for Life on Jan. 22.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Trinity Gardens Apartments, which are sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, soon will begin renovation and construction of their housing units.
A young priest named Francis Kelley who was serving in Michigan in the 1890s was appalled by the conditions he witnessed in rural parishes: run down facilities, priests living in poverty and people struggling to maintain their Catholic faith.
While on a pilgrimage in 1997 in Spain, Father Michael Knipe said, “I stood in a courtyard in Salamanca with a guide, a priest friend and parishioners on a pilgrimage from Fatima to Lourdes and Rome. I was memorized, less by searching for the frog among the plateresque facade of the 16th century building, than the story of the Dominican Fray Luis de Leon and the connection of the university with the Church in the New World. Then and there, I desired to study here, somehow, some way.”
by Owen Canfield, associate director for gift planning for the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma
Each summer, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Youth Camp fills with hundreds of schoolchildren who spend a week making new friends, deepening their faith and playing games and sports.
Father Michael Pratt is the vocations director for the Diocese of Tulsa. He has written this short guide or aid (36 pages) – “Five Conversations about the Priesthood: a simple way busy priests can help young men discern”
ST. LOUIS – Father Michael Rozier, S.J., Ph.D., has been named president of SSM Health Ministries, the sponsoring body responsible for preserving SSM Health’s Catholic identity and serving as liaison to the Vatican.
Although most Americans today are unaware of it, the United States has a sad and extensive history of forced sterilizations, especially within the past century. In 1907, Indiana legalized forced sterilizations of white men who were “mentally deficient,” diseased or otherwise disabled. More than 30 other states subsequently followed suit, and the practice quickly expanded to both men and women.
A renewed spirit of hope reverberated through events nationwide that marked the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
WASHINGTON – La oposición de la Iglesia Católica al aborto "es una respuesta de amor tanto a las madres como a sus hijos en el vientre materno", expresó el presidente del Comité Pro-Vida de los obispos de Estados Unidos en un comunicado emitido para conmemorar el aniversario del 22 de enero de la decisión de la Corte Suprema en el caso Roe v. Wade que legalizó el aborto en los 50 estados.
WASHINGTON— Catholics across the country are encouraged to observe a nationwide prayer vigil from Thursday, January 20 to Friday, January 21, 2022, marking the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions legalizing abortion through nine months of pregnancy. Since those decisions, over 62 million abortions have been performed legally in the United States.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The 49th annual national March for Life — with a rally on the National Mall and march to the Supreme Court Jan. 21 — will go on as scheduled this year amid a surge in the omicron variant in the nation’s capital.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ music library contains nearly 2,000 CDs and 19 vinyl records, according to the Vatican cardinal who is curating the collection.