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En este año litúrgico, en que corresponde la meditación del Evangelio de Lucas, en ocasión de la celebración de esta navidad, conviene reflexionar sobre algunos aspectos de la teología de este …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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12/29/21
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My mother, Mary L. Woods, died at her Long Island home during the first week of Advent. She slipped away peacefully in her sleep the morning of Dec. 2 at age 88.
Mom had battled a progressive …
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By JOHN WOODS
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12/15/21
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Recently I happened to drive past the house where one of my closest childhood friends had lived. I spent many hours at that house, and the people I met there not only offered me kindness and …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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12/15/21
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In July 2016, as we were sitting on the fantail of the Swiss sidewheeler Rhone while she chugged across Lake Geneva, my host pointed out the city of Lausanne, where a massive, glass-bedecked …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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12/15/21
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Duccio di Buoninsegna’s “Madonna and Child” is currently on display in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Gallery 624 as part of its A New Look at Old Masters exhibit. A mere 11 x 8 1/4 inches …
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By GARAN SANTICOLA
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12/15/21
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Lucas es el único de los evangelistas que no era de origen judío, sino un converso procedente del paganismo; él no fue uno de los doce apóstoles sino un discípulo de Pablo. Era un cristiano de …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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12/15/21
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She really towers over this magnificant Advent season. We celebrate her Immaculate Conception, her title of “Our Lady of Loretto,” and the grand solemnity of “Our Lady of Guadalupe.” In our …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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12/15/21
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Ella realmente se eleva sobre esta magnífica temporada de Adviento. Celebramos su Inmaculada Concepción, su título de “Nuestra Señora de Loretto” y la gran solemnidad de “Nuestra Señora de …
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POR CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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12/15/21
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Nearly 3,000 innocent people were massacred on September 11, 2001. Here in Manhattan I witnessed the murder of 2,753 people inside the Twin Towers along with injuries to thousands of others in the …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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12/1/21
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Last Sunday was the start of the holy season of Advent, the annual period of preparation leading to Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. It should be a fruitful time, …
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By JOHN WOODS
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12/1/21
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For the longest time, I considered myself more of a Lent person than an Advent person. The journey through the desert felt familiar, the three-prong practice of fasting, prayer and charity was …
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By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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12/1/21
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Before there were any buildings in Rockefeller Center, there was a Christmas tree.
At the peak of the Great Depression, construction workers hungering for holiday cheer pooled their money to buy a …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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12/1/21
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La pregunta ¿Quién es Jesús? tiene, en el Evangelio de Marcos, una respuesta progresiva. Ante la actuación de Jesús, por la curación de un hombre poseído por un espíritu inmundo, la gente se …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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12/1/21
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“What are you waiting for?” That’s a question usually asked when we want some action done, when we’re impatient because we’re weary from waiting for an answer or a solution.
It’s Advent, …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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12/1/21
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As the diocesan phase of her cause for canonization draws to a close, Dorothy Day probably would have felt right at home at a Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral to mark the occasion.
The Mass, to …
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By JOHN WOODS
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11/17/21
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In another instance of judging the past by the standards of the present, the statue of Thomas Jefferson is to be removed from the City Council chamber in New York City because Jefferson was a slave …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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11/17/21
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As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops meets this week in Baltimore, misconceptions about a proposed conference statement on the Eucharistic vitality and integrity of the Church in …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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11/17/21
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Cuál es la función de la Iglesia respecto a la revelación recibida de Cristo y de los Apóstoles, y que está contenida en la Biblia y la Tradición? El Concilio Vaticano I (1870) enseña que para …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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11/17/21
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Alleluia! It’s almost Thanksgiving.
Don’t tell anybody, but next Thursday is my favorite holiday. Sure, I love Christmas, but, for us priests, that’s a hectic time. I haven’t been with my …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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11/17/21
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!Aleluya! Es casi el día de Acción de Gracias.
No se lo digas a nadie, pero el próximo jueves es mi fiesta favorita. Claro, me encanta la Navidad, pero para nosotros, los sacerdotes, es una …
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POR CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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11/17/21
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