“Do I confuse the useful with the truly valuable-in-itself?”
Ask Father Tom: The Golden Rule and fundamental attitudes
Grants help train minority Catholic leaders, build up diversity of church
New City Ministry established in 1995 provides annual grants to Catholics from minority communities who are involved in faith formation at their parishes.
Sunday Scripture reading: Aug. 2, 2020
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time
First reading: Is 55:1-3
Second reading: Rom 8:35, 37-39
Gospel: Mt 14:13-21
Totus Tuus missionaries turn to YouTube to spread Gospel amid pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led Totus Tuus to look to God for a new plan.
Show grandparents, the elderly that you care, pope tells young people
Pope Francis urged young people to show grandparents and the elderly tenderness.
Ethicist alarmed over how treatment decisions were made for quadriplegic
The death of Michael Hickson, a 46-year-old quadriplegic, inside an Austin, Texas, hospice in June, pricked the conscience of Charlie Camosy.
New clinic allows doctor to practice medicine in line with Catholic faith
Catholic physicians will start a nonprofit Catholic medical practice fully consistent with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.”
Pope thanks pilgrim with disability who walked along Spain’s ‘Camino’
In a letter, Pope Francis thanked a 15-year-old Spanish teen with an intellectual disability “for being inspired to walk and inviting many others to walk with you.”