Catholic leaders looking towards healing after jurors issued their verdict convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Catholic leaders see Chauvin verdict as a call for more action
Book examines difficult path to restoring faith after child sex abuse
“Glimmers of Grace” is an effort to provide some simple, practical guidance to climbing the spiritual ladder back to God.
USCCB president prays God grants Biden ‘wisdom, courage’ to lead nation
Archbishop Gomez also said in a Jan. 20 statement that he was praying for Biden, the country’s second Catholic president, as he enters office so that God grants “him wisdom and courage to lead this great nation and … to meet the tests of these times.”
Author focuses on ministry to Christians with mental health challenges
The author’s goal is educating readers about such challenges. By doing so, he hopes that those in medicine, ministry and society will improve the way they relate to those experiencing them.
Book among tiny handful of print resources for Catholic sex abuse victims
“Veronica’s Veil” offers a loosely systematized program for healing and renewal.
Encountering Jesus in reconciliation
Sin always breaks our personal communion with God. Healing this rupture requires reconciliation with both God and Christ’s body, the Church.
Pilgrims find healing, renewal in the waters of Alberta’s Lac Ste. Anne
As retired Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, and Father Les Kwiatkowski plunged into the water and blessed person after person, it was clear that belief in the healing power remains as strong as ever.
Laity not playing ‘gotcha’ with bishops on abuse, review board chair says
Francesco Cesareo, chair of the National Review Board, told Catholic News Service June 3 that laypeople want transparency and openness from the bishops and the sooner the prelates put aside their guardedness about welcoming laity as partners, the sooner the U.S. church will heal.