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LOS ANGELES — If Father Jose Gomez needed any encouragement in becoming a bishop, the timing was probably enough.The day of his appointment as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of...
The popular Festival of Praise is hitting the road.A celebration of song, adoration, prayer and powerful witness held one Saturday evening monthly for the past three years at Holy Apostles...
A recent Strengths and Career Day at Grove City College was a special opportunity to help Butler Catholic School seventh- and eighth-graders to recognize and take time to reflect on their...
Each year, hundreds of U.S. religious communities receive financial assistance made possible by the Retirement Fund for Religious. Communities can use this funding for immediate retirement...
LOS ANGELES — If Father Jose Gomez needed any encouragement in becoming a bishop, the timing was probably enough.The day of his appointment as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of...
The popular Festival of Praise is hitting the road.A celebration of song, adoration, prayer and powerful witness held one Saturday evening monthly for the past three years at Holy Apostles...
Parishioners, clergy, friends and neighbors plan to gather Sunday, Nov. 24, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of St. James Parish in Wilkinsburg. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in the...
NEW YORK — The mantra for a film industry obsessed with remakes and reboots could be "Everything old is new again." The latest example: "Charlie's Angels" (Columbia), the third film...
A recent Strengths and Career Day at Grove City College was a special opportunity to help Butler Catholic School seventh- and eighth-graders to recognize and take time to reflect on their...
Whenever my parents had a Saturday night date night when I was a youngster, I always had the same sitter. She was my maternal grandmother, my Baba, whom I affectionately called...
Shortly after he was elected as our Holy Father in March 2013, Pope Francis said something that “hit me between the eyes.” His words made a significant impact on my reaching out to...
My guess is that you remember what it was like to purchase your first car.For me, it was a 1970 Pontiac Le Mans, medium green with a dark green vinyl roof. I purchased it at Downtown...
When a reporter interviewed me recently about this week’s anniversary of the Pennsylvania grand jury report on child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, I tried to explain both my devastation...
To be honest, I don’t have the chance or the time to watch much TV, with one exception. Every Friday eve (when it airs), I have my DVR set to record the latest installment of “Blue...
“Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia, alleluia! He is risen as he said, alleluia, alleluia!”For all who are Christian, Easter is the event without equal. Easter marks our...
QUESTION: In an article by Jack Shaw that appeared in the Pittsburgh Catholic Nov. 1, the author took issue with a television series’ treatment of the Catholic Church’s view of...
QUESTION: What does the church mean when it speaks of “sins of thought?” ANSWER: This question is really dealing with three things: feelings,...
QUESTION: During November I frequently hear sermons on praying for the dead. Would you please tell me just how our prayers assist the dead?QUESTION: I have never quite...
QUESTION: I am writing about the preaching I hear each weekend. I don’t need my priest lecturing me about the latest cause taken up by Hollywood celebrities and leftists. I need...
QUESTION: Father, regarding the recent question about corporal acts of mercy, you provided a nice history lesson, but you never answered the actual question: Why don’t we hear about...
QUESTION: In the past, the church used to talk a lot about the “corporal works of mercy.” But I don’t hear much about that today. What has...
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