Bring the Beatitudes to the ballot box

Christ blessed the peacemakers

Sister Mary-Ellen Francoeur · April 18, 2025

Within the Beatitudes, we read, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9). We can understand this as a sending forth by Jesus – “You are Blessed as you go forth to do the work of Peacemaking."

Filling our hearts with Mary’s great love

Cheryl-Ann Smith · April 17, 2025

“Jesus said to her, Mary! She turned and said to Him, Rabbouni!” And there is the most tender, powerful, healing, life-changing encounter possible.

Editorial

Truly Good News

April 16, 2025

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.

Church on the Street

Listening can spark bringing hope home

You must hear before you talk

Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · April 12, 2025

I have always been a night owl. Even at university I felt that 11 o’clock in the evening was a good time to start cramming for exams the next day. Later I learned that this was not a good way to study, and often the results confirmed it.

Be faithful in sharing the good news of Christ

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, April 13 to Saturday, April 19, 2025.

Lea Karen Kivi · April 11, 2025

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, April 13 to Saturday, April 19, 2025.

God’s peace calms even online rage

He has a plan for clockwork outrage, indignation and unfettered hate

Elizabeth Scalia · April 10, 2025

Like many writers, Flannery O’Connor once observed that she didn’t really know what she thought about anything until she’d written about it, and I suspect that became true for many as we became a keyboarding, text-based digital society.

Canon law clear on leaving spousal abuse

Lea Karen Kivi · April 10, 2025

There she sat wearing a neck brace. The contrast between her warm, empathetic smile and her seemingly petrified upper body was striking.

Editorial

Judge leaders by actions

Greg Erlandson · April 10, 2025

Scoring presidential administrations on some kind of Christian scale would seem an effort doomed to fail. Political agendas and actions rarely align easily with the teachings of the Gospel.

Questioning Faith

Bring Christ suffering to break it open

Mary Marrocco · April 9, 2025

Ann’s father was dying. Her pastor’s compassion unlocked something inside her, and she found herself talking to him about the pain of her marriage. Now a decade old, it had always been unhappy.

Were you there at Christ’s Cross? Yup.

Charles Lewis · April 4, 2025

Years ago, while studying to be a Catholic, I came across something that surprised me. This was the idea that we are all responsible for that terrible Friday afternoon. In a real sense, all of humanity was at the foot of the Cross … then, now, and tomorrow.