During the last twenty years, the priesthood has been the subject of much reflection and many disputes…Gradually the presuppositions have become clear that made such arguments seem at first almost irrefutable. The overcoming of prejudices has also made possible a deeper understanding of the biblical witness in its inner unity of Old and New...
I would like to inform you that St. Paul the Apostle Young Adult Group is organizing a (free) wine and cheese reception at the rooftop of St. Paul the Apostle Church located at 415 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019 (cross street: Columbus Ave) on September 9 (after the 5:15pm mass) from 6:30...
From the epistles of Saint Paul we can see how important the ministry of devout women was for his apostolic work. In the sixteenth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, for example, he calls Phoebe a “deaconess” of the church at Cenchreae and notes that she was a benefactress to many, including himself....
George Weigel | Source | Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 ARTICLE Washington Post Publication Date: July 18, 2007 To those for whom religious “preference” is of no more consequence than any other lifestyle choice — something like Saab or Volvo, Nationals or Orioles, medium-rare or rare, chardonnay or chablis — the recent document from...
The Church assumed that everyone who celebrated Mass would have to say: “I have sinned, Lord; look not upon my sins.” It was obligatory invocation of every priest. Like every other priest, the bishops, even the pope, had to recite it in their daily Mass. The laity, too – all the other members of...
Motherhood and virginity (the two highest values in which a woman realizes her deepest vocation) have become values that are opposed to those which are currently dominant. Woman, who is creative in the truest sense of the word since she gives life, does not, however, “produce” life in that technical sense that is the...
