Opinions
We are only just beginning to make abortion unthinkable
Amid the sea of signs carried at the many rallies following the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision, one was particularly striking: “MAKE ABORTION UNTHINKABLE.”
Myanmar executions should serve as global wake-up call
The execution of four political prisoners by Myanmar’s military junta made headlines in international news media July 25 and sparked outrage and shock among world leaders.
Pray with intention to act in the wake of shootings
After an all-too-common massacre is visited upon a community in this nation of ours, such as the one perpetrated on the city of Uvalde, Texas, May 24, or the shootings earlier in May at a California church and a grocery store in Buffalo, we offer our thoughts and prayers.
Sitting in the discomfort, heartache and pain: Synodal process seeks to listen to the peripheries
Tension lives in that space between where we want to be and where we are.
‘Left the good for the Best’ – Fr. Jegin Puthenpurackal obtains U.S. citizenship
First of all I am so happy to be part of this beautiful and great country. I thank God for the greatest blessings.
Dreaming of a synodal Church
“What are you discussing as you walk along?” Luke 24: 17. It sounds simple and we’ve heard this line so many times. But this is probably one of the most important questions for all of us to continue pondering and to feel challenged to delve into as Christians.
Black History Month 2022: Black health and wellness
This year’s theme for Black History Month, “Black Health and Wellness,” examines how American healthcare has served the African-American community from slavery, through “Jim Crow,” the Civil Rights Movement and into the current COVID-19 pandemic.
A Mother that comforts in adversity
All of us in one way or another find ourselves still recovering in different ways from a long pandemic and all the anxiety, suffering, pain and loss it has brought with it. Also, as we come to the end of this year 2021, we realize the enormous divisions, suspicion, struggles and challenges we continue to face as people of our great nation.
What is the Samaritan Retreat?
The women who attended the Samaritana retreat at Sts. Joseph and Paul Parish in Owensboro on Sept. 4-5, 2021, gather for a group picture at the end of the retreat with retreat leaders Dcn. Chris Gutiérrez and Fr. Lustein Blanco Grajales. COURTESY OF DCN. CHRIS...
A litany of prayer for Black Catholic History Month
A statue of St. Martin de Porres in the chapel of the house where the saint was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579. CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCYBY F. VERONICA WILHITE, SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC As we enter the month of November, Catholics observe multiple holy days...