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From the Pope Benedict XVI Supplement: Letters from the Pope Just three months before he died of cancer last year, Msgr. Thomas J. Herron, the former pastor of St. Laurence Parish in Upper Darby, received a personal letter from his former boss, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.
Prayer:When the noonday devil strikes, pray:There is an ancient evil, one that used to plague the Desert Fathers around midday, just as the sun’s heat was beginning to feel unbearable.
Black Catholic:Celebrating the past, collecting for the future: Cardinal Justin Rigali’s Homily, Saint Peter Claver Center for Evangelization, Tenth Anniversary September 9, 2005
This Week's Issue
The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Synod explores ways to deepen respect for Eucharist As more than 200 bishops, including Cardinal Justin Rigali, continue to meet in Rome for the 11th General Synod of Bishops, heavy emphasis has been placed, in recent days, on specific ways the faithful might better demonstrate respect for, and come to a fuller appreciation of, the Eucharist and its meaning for the worldwide Church.Monday night: Are you ready for Adoration? That four young men from Chester County have answered a call to discern a vocation to the priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood is not unique in and of itself. Tales out of school: Chief Justice John Roberts Although most people now know that our new U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, John G. Roberts Jr., is a Catholic, few know how much his Catholicism has influenced his life. However, two teachers who taught him in Catholic grade school and high school in the Diocese of Gary, Ind., were willing to tell tales “out of school” about the 50-year-old Roberts, who is now a husband to wife Jane and father of two children, Jack and Josie. Abstinence and fidelity: Powerful weapons in the war against AIDS In the fight against the AIDS pandemic, the best weapon is proving to be behavioral. That is, saving sex for marriage and faithfulness in marriage. World Apostolate of Fatima celebrates life — in Portugal and New Jersey More than 3,000 people united in prayer at the National Blue Army Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the New Jersey town of Washington on Oct. 2, a day celebrated as both Respect Life Sunday and Worldwide Fatima Sanctity of Life Day.U.S. Bishops: Being Catholic means battling global poverty When the Honduran government entered a trade agreement that opened its markets to U.S. imports in the early 1990s, Maria Angeles Amaya of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, like many local farmers, lost her rice farm.
The Catholic Standard & Times Issue of September 29, 2005
Catholic Radio For schedules and streaming audio, please visit our Media Page (click here) Fresh Faith: The young adult Faith Forum joins Catholic Life Congress The annual Young Adult Faith Forum is merging with the Catholic Life Congress, so young adults from around the Archdiocese will have a chance to experience an even bigger and better conference. StorySports Burrs sizzle on gridiron this week in Catholic League: Cleaning out a notebook filled with newsy notes of football, soccer, and field hockey. Leisure Real-life innocence in the midst of war and anguish: “Innocent Voices” (“Voces Inocentes”, BB Entertainment Marketing) is the inspirational coming-of-age story of screenwriter Oscar Torres, who, as an 11-year-old boy here named Chava (Carlos Padilla), was caught up in the horrors of the civil war in 1980s’ El Salvador.