Special Limited Pope John Paul II Commemorative Pope John Paul II To order extra copies of the Commemorative issues click here or call In this issue: Prayer:  Unidos en Dios:¿Sufrir con él o sin él? Esa es la cuestión Yo soy una de esas personas a las que les cuesta trabajo aceptar el sufrimiento. Para mí el sufrimiento ha significado en el pasado una inconveniencia, un fastidio, hasta un castigo por nuestros pecados que hay que soportar. Cuando la cruz me pesa, mi actitud inicial ha sido mirar al crucifijo y rezongar, «No, ¿otra vez?» Claro está que siempre le sigue un acto de fe en el que me abrazo a la cruz y me ofrezco como víctima al Padre por los méritos de Cristo. Sacerdote promueve matrimonios fuertes y estables con nuevo libro Parecería extraño que un joven sacerdote pudiera ser un “experto” en relaciones maritales, eso es precisamente lo que muchas parejas dirían acerca del Padre Alberto Cutié. Profile: Dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament, and social justice Last July, Blessed Sacrament Sister Patricia Suchalski was elected president of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. She succeeded Blessed Sacrament Sister Monica Loughlin as head of the Bensalem-based order that was founded by the Philadelphia heiress Katharine Drexel. | This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Pope names two U.S. cardinals In his first set of major appointments, Pope Benedict XVI named 15 new cardinals, including U.S. Archbishops William J. Levada, head of the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation, and Sean P. O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston. Communion and Liberation: Where faith and reason come together In the early 1950s, Father Luigi Giussani had a great job as a college professor in Milan. One day, on a train ride from the Vatican, he attempted to engage some high school students in a conversation about the faith. He found them to be entirely ignorant about it. Supreme Court to hear abortion case Pro-life leaders across the nation are applauding a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the federal law banning a late-term abortion procedure known as partial-birth abortion. Amsterdam’s gem: A historic, hidden church "When I left Central Station, I turned left,” I told my cousin, who quickly exclaimed, horrified, “What? You went to the Red Light District?” Yes, in fact, that was exactly where I headed when I arrived in Amsterdam — but not for the usual reasons tourists go there. Clergy is training to talk about Pa. marriage amendment The stakes are huge in the coming battle over the definition of marriage in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Christian pastors across the state are joining forces to educate and mobilize their congregations. Open for perpetual adoration: St. Francis de Sales Chapel Perpetual adoration began in mid-February at the chapel of St. Francis de Sales Church in Southwest Philadelphia. According to the head adoration chapel coordinator, 68-year-old Katie Keil, “business is good.” Make an appointment with God "If you want to change the way you live, change the way you pray.” That is the advice of Father Michael Scanlon, T.O.R., the former president of Franciscan University at Steubenville, in Ohio, in his book, “Appointment with God.” The instinct of faith: The saints and the Eucharist Shortly after the death of her husband, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton sought a moment of comfort in her local church. Not yet Catholic, she took a seat in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in New York City. | The Catholic Standard & Times Catholic Radio
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