Every year on Palm Sunday, we read, in the Catholic liturgy, one of the great Passion narratives from the Synoptic Gospels. This year, it is St. Matthew’s. There are a number of distinctive features in Matthew’s account, but the most distinctive and interesting, for me, is the evangelist’s treatment of Judas. No other Gospel stresses […]
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BISHOP ROBERT BARRON: The dangers behind Sen Kaine’s rejection of God-given rights as a founding principle
During a recent confirmation hearing for the U.S. Senate, Tim Kaine, a Democratic senator from Virginia, actively contested the view that our rights come from God. “The statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our government is extremely troubling,” Kaine said, comparing the notion that rights “come from the creator” to […]
Trump’s immigration crackdown prompts California bishop to excuse Catholics from Sunday mass
A Southern California bishop issued a rare decree on Tuesday excusing churchgoers from attending Sunday mass amid fears of immigration raids and detentions across the country. The dispensation by the diocese of San Bernardino, California, is in response to the Trump administration’s mass deportation operations. On Tuesday, San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas announced his decree. […]