In the email: “I respect your defense of humor, but Christians are facing violent extremists…”

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 11:00 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

Monday night, I received the following email in response to this post, about a group in Maryland upset over a production of Mel Brook’s musical “The Producers.” I repost the email in its entirety. Deacon Greg Kandra – My name is Jeffrey Imm, with Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.). You wrote a blog posting on your Catholic blog about R.E.A.L.’ s protest in Maryland, which was misrepresented in a Washingtonian article. Deacon Greg Kandra, certainly if you want to make comments... Read more

New York Times profiles “nuns of a new generation”

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 11:34 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

That includes, most prominently, the Sisters of Life: Mechanical bulls, rock-climbing walls, bounce houses, go-karts: Before becoming a nun, Sister Virginia Joy helped insure them all. “I was a go-between between the underwriters and the customers,” said Sister Virginia Joy, a former high school soccer star from South Carolina now wearing a habit of white and navy blue. She was fighting Midtown Manhattan traffic, late for a lunch with some other nuns. “I was overwhelmed by the Lord’s generosity in... Read more

Pope institutes World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 9:49 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

Details: Pope Francis has instituted a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which will be celebrated each year on September 1st. Francis made this announcement in a letter he sent to Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, which was published by the Holy See Press Office this morning. In the letter, the Pope reaffirmed how part of our responsibility as Christians involves resolving the ecological... Read more

In the email: “I respect your defense of humor, but Christians are facing violent extremists…”

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 7:43 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

New York Times profiles “nuns of a new generation”

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 7:40 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

Pope institutes World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 7:36 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

Archbishop Vigneron softens tone on communion for those who support same sex marriage

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 7:26 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

From The Detroit Free Press: On the eve of hosting an international conference for priests and educators about outreach to gay Catholics, Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron has backed away from controversial comments that suggested Catholics who support gay unions and marriage should refrain from receiving the sacrament of Communion. “Whenever it comes to Communion, the objective is never to steer a person away,” Vigneron said in an e-mail Friday to the Free Press, part of a larger statement that buoyed... Read more

On St. Lawrence, deacon: “He loved Christ in his life, he imitated him in his death”

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 7:20 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

August 10 marks the feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr. From a homily by St. Augustine: The Roman Church commends this day to us as the blessed Lawrence’s day of triumph, on which he trod down the world as it roared and raged against him; spurned it as it coaxed and wheedled him; and in each case, conquered the devil as he persecuted him. For in that Church, you see, as you have regularly been told, he performed the... Read more