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Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor The most abrupt and shocking transition in the Church’s liturgical calendar occurs from December 25th to 26th, when the Church pivots from celebrating the birth of Jesus and with it “joy to the world” and “peace on earth to those of good will” to marking the brutal stoning of…
Eduardo J. Echeverria, Ph.D. | Special to The Michigan Catholic Recently, in Pope Francis’s first interview with an Italian television channel, he stated, “Justice and mercy in God are one thing. Mercy is just and justice is merciful.” How can justice and mercy be the same thing? If the justice of Jesus’ death on the cross…
Eduardo J. Echeverria | Special to The Michigan Catholic My heart is broken. My beloved granddaughter Penelope Grace Deely, who was only 2 ½ years old, died Sept. 25 at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I was there with the family. In the end, her body proved defenseless against a virulent strain of meningitis. It attacked…
Michael McCarthy | Special to The Michigan Catholic The New Evangelization cannot move within our Church, guided by Jesus, until we embrace the full Good News of Jesus: nonviolent, all-forgiving, all-merciful love. The central word of the Word of God is the Sermon on the Mount. His blessed way is the way of the Beatitudes. For…
Each October, we observe Respect Life Month in dioceses throughout the United States. Although ending abortion remains a priority of the utmost importance, threats to the disabled and those at the end of life deserve our attention as well. The legalization of medically assisted suicide in Canada in June should serve as a wake-up call…
The road snakes its way through the hills and hollows of eastern Kentucky. Along the way, you pass through towns with names like Hazard, Happy and Sassafras. At the Virginia border, in the shadow of the Cumberland Mountains, you enter the small town of Jenkins. If you had made this drive 34 years ago, as…
