Friday, November 18, 20160503As St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church celebrates its 125th anniversary this year and prepares for a special commemorative 1 p.m. Mass on Dec. 17, parishioners have shared reflections on the generations, family ties and profound faith that initiated, built and strengthened the Kaufman County parish.
Thursday, November 17, 20160518Answering a call to serve those in need, members of the Diocese of Dallas diaconate program are once again ready to wear their faith on their sleeves. Or, in this case, on their aprons.
Working in collaboration with Catholic Charities, deacons for the second consecutive year will serve Thanksgiving dinners to people in need in two...
Wednesday, November 16, 20160147One of the most powerful memories of my trip to the Soviet Union in 1972 was a visit to an Orthodox church on the feast of the Assumption (they called it the Feast of the Dormition of Mary).
Wednesday, November 16, 20160343The designation of Christ as “King of the Universe” can sound a bit fantastic to a secular or cynical mind. The title, so simple in concept and yet audacious in claim, could easily be applied to a mythological hero or a comic book character, fictional greats who have seemingly usurped the role of models worthy of imitation by...
In a rather simple prayer service Nov. 19, Pope Francis will create 17 new cardinals and symbolically bind them to ancient church traditions.
In the months following the consistory -- as any gathering of cardinals is called -- the new cardinals under the age of 80 will be named members of various Vatican congregations, councils,...
Tuesday, November 15, 20160166The Year of Mercy brought more than 20 million pilgrims to Rome, but for Pope Francis, the idea always was that the celebration of God's mercy would be local: have people experience God's love in their parishes and send them out into the world to commit random acts of mercy
Friday, November 4, 20160897Bishop Greg Kelly’s emphasis on the call to love one another linked his homily’s prominent themes of gratitude and gospel values when he served as the main celebrant of a special Mass at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on Oct. 23 celebrating the 30th anniversary of the parish as the designated home of the Polish Catholic...
Wednesday, November 2, 20160155Visiting a cemetery on the feast of All Souls can evoke feelings of loss and sadness, but for Christians marking the feast, it also is an affirmation of hope in the resurrection, Pope Francis said.
Wednesday, November 2, 20160310The Catholic Church insistence that it cannot ordain women to the priesthood and episcopacy is a teaching likely to last forever, Pope Francis said. The pope said the question was settled in 1994 by St. John Paul II, who taught that because Jesus chose only men as his apostles, the ordination of women in the Catholic Church is not...
Friday, October 28, 20160186A newly restored 14th-century wooden crucified Christ "has been resurrected" from obscurity -- once caked over with dark paint and left forgotten behind an elevator shaft, said Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica.
