Elizabeth Scalia
It seems like a small thing, but this story stirred something in me, and gave me hope: More than a million young Catholics learned the hard way about a venerable Catholic tradition: “spiritual Communion” or the “Communion of desire.” After a wild storm Aug. 20 at World Youth Day in Madrid left six people injured [...]
I really like the logo for this year’s World Youth Day gathering in Madrid: I also like a lot of the writing and reports I’m seeing from pilgrims. Patheos’ own Tim Muldoon’s piece is a very fine exposition of the hopes and faith that lie behind the celebrations that some too-quickly dismiss as “Catholic Woodstock”: [...]
HOLY SMOKES! Via Deacon Greg Chills! Chills to hear that baritone voice again, and to see these youthful crowds. Chills to realize that Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have drawn millions of young people to them with the message they so need to hear: You are good. You are loved. You are created [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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