Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, the author of several books on spirituality and president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, also writes a column syndicated in many diocesan newspapers (ronrolheiser.com).
I remember one of his columns last year identified 10 major challenges to faith...
In his apostolic letter “Door of Faith,” Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI cites Vatican II’s frequently quoted teaching: “The Church . . . clasping sinner to its bosom, at once holy and always in need of purification, follows constantly the path of penance and renewal” (Dogmatic Constitution on the...
On April 6, Pope Francis appointed Father Jose Rodriguez Carballo, OFM, as the Secretary for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, thus also naming him an archbishop. It was the pope’s first appointment within the Roman Curia.
Father Jose had been the...
Fearing that he might not resist the temptations commonly experienced by lawyers, Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1578–1622) became a Capuchin priest, a noted preacher, and a martyr.
Each of us will die eventually. “What kind of conscience will I bring to that moment?” should be our main concern.
“By faith,...
St. Agnes of Bohemia (1205–1282) would certainly affirm Pope Benedict XVI’s statement, “Without the liturgy and the sacraments, the profession of faith would lack efficacy because it would lack the grace which supports Christian witness.”
Checkout-counter tabloids and celebrity-based TV shows could...
