When we willingly serve those with whom we share a common life and a common good, all our relationships are reordered and directed toward charity. The love of neighbor expressed as authentic patriotism can bring this transformation to a societal scale.
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Caring for others, serving life is the ‘supreme law,’ pope says
Serving life by caring for others is “the supreme law” that comes before all of society’s rules, Pope Leo XIV said.
Deacon Gary Elliott Dumer Jr., active in men’s ministry, dies
Deacon Gary Elliott Dumer Jr. died July 8. He was 61.
Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors’ new president ‘pioneer in his field,’ French lawyer says
Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry, France, made international headlines as he succeeded one of the most acclaimed figures of church safeguarding in the world, Cardinal Sean O’Malley — retired archbishop of Boston — in his role as president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Radio Interview: The music and ministry of Seph Schlueter
Making music can be a way to celebrate with God and invite others to follow him, according to Catholic musician Seph Schlueter. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty chatted with Schlueter about the inspiration for his music.
Jesus did not ignore those in need, and neither should Christians, pope says
The pope celebrated the Mass in the small Church of St. Thomas of Villanova, just across the main square from the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo. The pope arrived in the hilltop town south of Rome July 6 for a brief vacation until July 20.
Cardinal Czerny asks church to remember seafarers on Sea Sunday
Basing his reflection on the insight of Vatican II that whatever is genuinely human resonates in the hearts of Christians, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny, assures “all those who work at sea … that they are in the heart of the Church; they are not alone in their demands for justice, dignity, and joy.”
Kansas Catholic school building vandalized, defaced with swastikas
A Catholic school building in Kansas has been extensively vandalized, with the perpetrators defacing the property with swastikas.
Hunt Valley parishioner recalls her former student – a future pope
Teachers often reflect on standout students – the brilliant minds, the star athletes, the unforgettable personalities. But very few can say one of their former students became pope.
A Gift and a Connection to the Past
Earlier this year, my husband John mentioned that his cousin Terri had something she wanted to give to me. He showed me a photo of a sculpture that included statues of St. Rita of Cascia and St. Therese of Lisieux.
Father Herman Benedict Czaster, former Curley teacher, dies at 86
A funeral Mass for Conventual Franciscan Father Herman Benedict Czaster was offered July 10 at St. Adalbert in Elmhurst, N.Y. Father Czaster died July 6. He was 86.
Loyola University Maryland graduate ordained Jesuit priest
Jonathan Pennacchia, a 2014 graduate of Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, was ordained a Jesuit priest June 14 at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City.