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Headlines Our Penitent Pope: As Lent Progresses, We Should Follow Pope Francis to Confession By Deacon Keith Fournier | April 1, 2014 Many sources throughout the integrated media picked up on the story. Most focused on the Pope somehow breaking tradition and being bold in his humble action. As I have written on many occasions, when the media reports on this Pope, any report which draws people to the Jesus Christ whom Francis serves with such love and fidelity, is just fine with me. However, what is most important about this story about Pope Francis going to confession is how we respond. We should follow the example of our brother and father, Francis. Lent is quickly pressing toward conclusion and it is time to confess our sins and receive the extraordinary grace of healing which comes with this Sacrament of New Beginnings. Continue Reading... UN takes on United States over human rights abuses By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | March 30, 2014 The United Nations has put the United States under a deeply critical eye, and has taken it to task for many human rights abuses. Among the items in the recent report, officials are critical about the nation's practice of jailing the homeless and sentencing juveniles as adults to life sentences to drone warfare as well as spying by the National Security Agency. Continue Reading... More than a million displaced in South Sudan instability By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | March 30, 2014 The situation will only get worse, the United Nations says. More than one million people have been forced from their homes by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. Of these new refugees, 803,200 have been displaced within the country, and another 254,000 have fled to neighboring countries. Continue Reading... President Obama Meets Pope Francis: They Exchange Very Different Kinds of Seeds By Deacon Keith Fournier | March 31, 2014 There was an exchange of gifts. The president gave the Pope literal seeds from the White House Garden to use in the upcoming planting in the apostolic garden. The Pope gave the President spiritual seeds, the seeds of the Gospel, to be planted in the heart of a man who needs their influence on many, many fronts. Hopefully, they will fall on good soil.When the meeting was over, the President thanked Pope Francis. Vatican reports indicate the President said, "Please pray for me and my family, they are with me on this journey - pray for them." We can all read between the lines of the Vatican statement. Many commentators will be parsing those few words for weeks to come. More importantly, we can all pray that the seed of the Gospel of Joy and Truth which the Pope gave to the President take root. Continue Reading... First-ever asteroid discovered with rings, astronomers agape By Catholic Online (THE NEWS CONSORTIUM) | March 27, 2014 Astronomers have discovered an asteroid with rings, the first time such a phenomenon has ever been observed. The discovery was made during a rare astronomical event known as an occultation. Continue Reading... Pope Francis Calls Holy Orders and Marriage the Two Great Paths to Make the Gift of Love By Deacon Keith Fournier | March 31, 2014 We have already had occasion to point out that the three Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist together constitute the mystery of "Christian initiation", a single great event of grace that regenerates us in Christ. This is the fundamental vocation which unites everyone in the Church as disciples of the Lord Jesus. There are then two Sacraments which correspond to two specific vocations: Holy Orders and Matrimony. They constitute two great paths by which the Christian can make his life a gift of love, after the example and in the name of Christ, and thus cooperate in the building up of the Church. Holy Orders, in its three grades of bishop, priest and deacon, is the Sacrament that enables a man to exercise the ministry which the Lord Jesus entrusted to the Apostles, to shepherd his flock, in the power of his Spirit and according to his Heart. Continue Reading... Ken Blackwell: A Marriage Spring - Like the Arab Spring? The Dangers of the Un-Marriage Movement By Ken Blackwell | March 28, 2014 The comparison between overturning marriage this spring and the convulsions of the Arab Spring are really quite interesting. Few people gave much thought to what would replace the systems being overthrown. Without respect for basic human rights-like freedom of religion, freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of the press-we were unlikely to see an improvement in the Mideast. But in another sense, the comparison is way off base. Those mobs in the Arab Street thought they were overthrowing tyrannical regimes. Nothing like that exists here. America's marriage laws have stood the test of time. They are good and just laws, designed to protect the weak and vulnerable. Who will suffer in America from a "Marriage Spring"? The same people who are suffering now: the poor, the marginal, single mothers, fatherless children. When counterfeit marriage is allowed, true marriage declines. We have seen this happen in all the Socialist countries of Europe. Continue Reading... Pope Francis sacks Bishop of Bling, what will happen to him next? What should happen? By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | March 26, 2014 The Vatican has permanently removed a controversial bishop from his diocese, bringing an end to the career of the infamous "Bishop of Bling" who spent millions of euros on his private residence. Continue Reading... Bishop James Conley Issues Beautiful Letter on Marital Love and Fidelity: The Language of Love By Deacon Keith Fournier | March 31, 2014 Dear brothers and sisters, Blessed John Paul II reminded us that, "man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God."[4] The sexual intimacy of marriage, the most intimate kind of human friendship, is a pathway to sharing in God's own life. It is a pathway to the fullness of our own human life; it is a means of participating in the incredible love of God. Contraception impedes our share in God's creative love. And thus it impedes our joy. Continue Reading...
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