“This story of forbidden love took place long ago on a Mediterranean island — 1870s Sicily, to be exact.”
Christina Capecchi: The hand-me-down: a love letter that endures
Last word: Hope incarnate
This year, Advent calls us to a new kind of hospitality to welcome the discomfort or stranger as an act of hope.
Detroit priest’s invalid baptism had ripple effect, archdiocese says
The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.
Vatican says baptisms that used a modified formula are not valid
Specifically, a baptism administered with the formula “We baptize you …” instead of “I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” is not valid.
Bailey Ziegler: One Body — gathered, nourished, sent
At the conclusion of Mass, we are sent forth to share the Gospel and to bring the Eucharist into the world.
Encountering Jesus in confirmation
The seeds of faith planted in baptism grow into fullness at confirmation.
Encountering Jesus in Baptism
Baptism leads us to the threshold of new life and is the source of this new life in Christ.
‘Have I become lukewarm?’
A new Catholic describes the joys and challenges of growing in his newfound faith.