A more human society
An advocate for the Gospel of Life
For me, a highlight of the past month was seeing Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon receive the University of Notre Dame’s Evangelium Vitae Medal. I have always been interested […]
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Perspective
Cures for ‘chronic news funk’
I have been a news junkie almost all my life. I’ve read a daily newspaper since grammar school, progressing from comics to sports to the front page. I was the first […]
Parish
Latin Mass appeals to young and old
“Come and see,” invites Msgr. John Fritz, FSSP, pastor of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr Parish, South Bend, a personal parish where the traditional Latin Mass is still celebrated. “Come […]
Perspective
Consenting to sex
Recent news articles exploring the post-#MeToo world of romance have noted the phenomenon of cell phone “consent apps,” allowing millennials to sign digital contracts before they have sex with their […]
Vatican
All economic activity has moral dimension, doctrinal congregation says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Financial and economic decisions — everything from where a family chooses to invest its savings to where a multinational corporation declares its tax residence — are […]
Special
Was the Church right about contraception?
A look at ‘Humanae Vitae’ 50 years later Second in a series on the anniversary Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was a […]
National
Cardinal says separating abortion from Title X funds ‘greatly needed’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman praised the Trump administration’s move to reinstate Reagan-era regulations banning any family planning clinic that receives Title X federal funds from making […]
National
Texas archdiocese, bishops offer healing, support after shooting
HOUSTON (CNS) — In response to the May 18 school shooting at a Houston-area high school, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said the archdiocesan community would “unite to support […]
Schools
Graduates commissioned to be advocates for the voiceless, vulnerable
The date of the 173rd commencement exercises at the University of Notre Dame providentially fell on the liturgical feast of Pentecost, May 20. Father John Jenkins, president of the university, […]
The Sunday Gospel
‘As the Father has sent me, so I send you’
Pentecost John 20:19-23 This weekend the Church celebrates the feast of Pentecost. The Acts of the Apostles provides the first reading, the dramatic story of the first Pentecost. In this […]
Diocese
Diocese prepares for regional Encuentro
Spanish-speaking Catholic faithful and diocesan representatives from three states will head to the University of Notre Dame next month to refine the singular voice with which they will speak at […]
Bishop
Weekly schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades
Sunday, May 20: 9:30 a.m. — Commencement Ceremony for University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame Sunday, May 20: 5 p.m. — Confirmation Mass, St. Adalbert Church, South Bend Tuesday, […]