The Westminster Tribunal explores the possibilities, if any, open to a divorced Catholic to marry in the Church or for a Catholic to marry a divorced non-Catholic. Our procedures in no way resemble a civil courtroom and all meetings are on a…
Holy Week begins. Our first act is this procession of the palms, remembering and recreating the entry of our Blessed Lord into the holy city of Jerusalem. The moment has been presented to us in the passage we have just heard from the Gospel of St…
Jesus is emphatic. Twice he tells us today, “Anyone who eats this bread will live forever.” And Carlo was equally clear. “The Eucharist is my highway to heaven,” he would say. He believed, “You go straight to heaven if you participate…
Bernadette knew what it was like to be accompanied by great crowds too. Indeed it was the crowds she was attracting to herself that made her decide she must leave Lourdes. She had begun to be followed wherever she went. On one occasion, she heard…
Choose Life… We are gathered today to celebrate the Mass because we choose life, life from the very beginnings of the embryo in the womb, full of mystery and potential, to the sacred moment of the final breath of a person who entrusts his life…