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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Dale Gavlak |Cindy Wooden |Ronald Rolheiser
A new Vatican-commissioned sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz titled “Be Welcoming” was installed in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday in the hopes of inspiring people to open their hearts to the poor.
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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Cindy Wooden |Ronald Rolheiser |Scott Hahn
Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his physical strength, the Vatican press office said, but he also is increasing the number of private meetings he is holding with the heads of Vatican offices.
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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Ronald Rolheiser |Scott Hahn |Tom Hoffarth
Where might we experience Jesus today in a world that is seemingly too crowded with its own concerns to allow a space for him? The renowned spirituality writer Tomas Halik, in a recent book entitled “The Afternoon of Christianity: The Courage to Change” (University of Notre Dame Press, $35), makes this suggestion.
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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Scott Hahn |Ronald Rolheiser |Tom Hoffarth
The return of our “Alleluia” is just days away. Outside Lent, it’s sung or recited before the Gospel at Mass. But then it goes away for our 40 days of fasting. It’s just a single word, and it’s so commonly used that we hardly notice it. But it is significant because the Jews of Jesus’ time associated the word primarily with the great feast of Passover — the time each year when they renewed their ancient covenant with God.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Ronald Rolheiser
The afternoon of Christianity Where might we experience Jesus today in a world that is seemingly too crowded with its own concerns to allow a space for him? The renowned spirituality writer Tomas Halik, in a recent book entitled The Afternoon of Christianity, makes this suggestion. As the world makes less and less explicit space for Jesus, we need…
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Cindy Wooden |Anto Akkara |Junno Arocho Esteves |Ronald Rolheiser
Christians should not see the Nicene Creed simply as a list of things they believe, but they should look at it with awe because it recounts the greatness of God's love and gift of salvation, said members of the International Theological Commission. "Nicaea presents the reality of the work of redemption: In Christ, God saves us by entering into history.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Anto Akkara |Junno Arocho Esteves |Cindy Wooden |Ronald Rolheiser
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has condemned an attack on Catholic pilgrims visiting churches near the city of Jabalpur along with the beating of senior diocesan officials there. Allegedly injured in the assault was the vicar general and procurator of Jabalpur, who reportedly rushed to safeguard the pilgrims in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Junno Arocho Esteves |Ronald Rolheiser |Elise Italiano Ureneck
A representative of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal said it is not considering the removal of artwork by Father Marko Rupnik days after the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France announced it would cover mosaics created by the disgraced priest.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Ronald Rolheiser
Normally none of us likes feeling sad, heavy, or depressed. Generally, we prefer sunshine to darkness, light-heartedness to melancholy. That’s why we tend to do everything we can to distract ourselves from melancholy, to keep heaviness and sadness at bay. Mostly, we run from feelings that sadden or frighten us.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Ronald Rolheiser |Elise Italiano Ureneck
I was raised a Roman Catholic and essentially inhaled the religious ethos of Roman Catholicism. I went to the seminary, earned theological degrees, and taught theology at a graduate level for a number of years before I ever started making a distinction between “Jesus” and “Christ.” For me, they were always one and the same thing, Jesus Christ.
