The US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development has released the Labor Day 2018 Pastoral Aid with resources to make Labor Day at your parish an opportunity to learn and reflect on Catholic social teachings about work. Resources included are: Pastoral aid that examines the readings of the day with […]
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Crux Editor John Allen, and one of his colleagues, Inés San Martín, recently visited the Nineveh Plains in the Middle East and filed a first-hand account of the resettlement effort among Christians who are returning to their hometowns after fleeing ISIS terror and devastation several years ago. In his opening comment, Allen stated: “Inés San Martín […]
With the wrap-up of the 2018 World Soccer Cup Championship (belated congratulations to the French team); the baseball season heating up as teams race for the pennant; and football’s opening season just around the corner….now seems the perfect time to take a look at the field of sports and its significant impact on our world, […]
Egyptian police have arrested two men, one a monk and the other a former monk, in connection with the bludgeoning death of Bishop Epiphanius. Isaiah al-Makary, whose worldly name is Wael Saad, was charged with the bishop’s murder on August 11, 2018. Bishop Epiphanius’ body was discovered in the early mornings hours of July 29. He […]
“I Still Have a Dream” paints an all-too-familiar story shared by hundreds of Catholic schools nationwide that are struggling to keep their doors open. St. Anthony Messenger Magazine recently dispatched journalist John Feister to Greenwood for a visit at St. Francis of Assisi School in the Mississippi Delta whose future seems uncertain because of dwindling resources, […]
Two senior U. S. clerics have announced their withdrawal from the World Meeting of Families, which opened earlier today in Dublin, Ireland. Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston was originally scheduled to moderate a panel and discussion at the meeting entitled “Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.” In addition to his duties as Archbishop of Boston, O’Malley […]
