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Pope Francis, Who Preached Mercy, Outreach, Dies at Age 88

3 days ago | todayscatholic.org | Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of at age 88, gave new energy to millions of Catholics – and caused concern for some – as he transformed the image of the papacy into a pastoral ministry based on personal encounters and strong convictions about poverty, mission, and dialogue. U.S. Cardinal Kevin J.
Rain and Tears: The Lessons Learned in Lent

1 week ago | todayscatholic.org | Effie Caldarola

(OSV News) – The morning sky is gray and my favorite window for prayer is rain-streaked. Rain is welcome. We’ve experienced drought, and there are wildfires nearby. And yet, there’s often something sad, nostalgic, about a rainy day. Years ago, when I was a young high school teacher, I made a retreat at a center on the Kansas prairie. It was newly founded by Father Ed Hayes, later a well-known spiritual guide and author. The center, in its primitive stages, was low on guest rooms.
Loving Sinners, Admonishing Sin

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

(OSV News) – Matthew, Zaccheus, Mary Magdalene, the woman at the well, the one caught in adultery, the sinful woman at the house of Simon the Pharisee, tax collectors, sinners, and Samaritans: the list of first-century undesirables – named and unnamed – is long. And yet, Jesus of Nazareth was seen with them all. In fact, Jesus made a habit of associating with lowlifes. So much so that sincere and upstanding Jews could not overlook it.
‘Put No Trust in Princes’

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Greg Erlandson

(OSV News) – Scoring presidential administrations on some kind of Christian scale would seem to be an effort doomed to fail. Political agendas and actions rarely align easily with the teachings of the Gospel. Much was made of Joe Biden being only our second Catholic president. Yet the actions of his administration to protect abortion earned it criticism from Church leaders. Others criticized him for the unwavering support of Israel’s war on Gaza.
All That I Am - Today's Catholic

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Scott Richert

(OSV News) – The idea of union with God is, for most people, alternately attractive and terrifying. Attractive, because no matter how far we have fallen through the sin of Adam and our own personal sins, we cannot shake the feeling that such union is what we were made for by the very God to whom we desire to be united.
Diocesan Seminarian to Chant Easter Proclamation at St. Peter’s in Rome

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Scott Warden

Deacon Nicholas Monnin remembers the first time he sang in front of an audience. He was a student at the Cathedral School of St. Matthew in South Bend.
‘The Only Answer to Suffering’ is Christ

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Scott Warden

As Holy Week Nears, Local Doctor Shares Why Christ’s Wounds Matter TodayIn January of 2021, Our Sunday Visitor published a book written by Dr. Thomas McGovern entitled, “What Christ Suffered: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Passion.” The book explores the torture and crucifixion of Jesus from a medical perspective, looking at the horrible realities of the unprecedented cruelty the Romans inflicted on Him.
‘We Are All Brothers and Sisters in the Human Family’

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Denise Fedorow

Bishop Rhoades Visits Retreat for CRS Clubs at Diocesan High SchoolsThanks to the initiative of Saint Joseph High School student Nick Nguyen, members of Catholic Relief Services clubs at Saint Joseph, Marian, and Bishop Dwenger high schools held a retreat day with Bishop Rhoades at St. Martin de Porres Church in Syracuse on Thursday, March 27.
Greenan Sullivan Is Head Chaplain for Mount St. Mary’s Basketball Team

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Scott Warden

Any kid who grew up with a basketball in their hand dreamed of making it to the NCAA Tournament one day – those who pounded it on their bedroom floor until mom yelled up at them to stop, shot it in the driveway until it was too dark to see, or spent early morning hours in an empty gym, with only the thuds of dribbling and squeaking of shoes on the hardwood floor to break the silence.
The Eloquent Ambiguity of ‘I Believe’

3 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Robert Barron

There is an eloquent ambiguity in the way in which the opening word of the Nicene Creed has come down to us. Our best evidence suggests that in the formula that goes back to the Nicene Fathers themselves, the word is pisteuomen (“we believe”), but as the Creed has been passed on, translated, and used in liturgical settings, pisteuomen often became pisteuo (“I believe”). The ancient Latin translation indeed begins with credo (“I believe”).