Monthly Archives: February 2021

Forgiving makes sense, Mar 1, 2021 I grew up with the well-intentioned cliche forgive and forget but I no longer think this teaching is helpful. Let’s unpack that a bit. We encourage children to sort things out, talk things over and to invite … Continue reading →

Jan 26, 2021by Jim McDermott – Opinion Spirituality – NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER (Dreamstime/Juan Moyano) For the last nine months, Greenwich Village’s famous sing-along piano bar Marie’s Crisis has been streaming five hours of live performance every night. Performers sing Broadway standards … Continue reading →

By Michael Brown, CP Op-Ed Contributor| Thursday, February 18, 2021 Did you ever hear the song that begins with the words, “We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord”? The lyrics are very simple, with the repeated refrain, “And … Continue reading →

Feb 19, 2021 by Michael Sean Winters – Opinion – Politics – NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER President Joe Biden addresses staff Feb. 11 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. (CNS/Reuters/Carlos Barria) While the U.S. bishops’ conference was making the … Continue reading →

19 FEBRUARY 2021 – CHURCH TIMES (UK) Our Lent series is from a new book exploring the Lord’s Prayer. In the first extract, Stephen Cherry considers what we mean by ‘Our Father’ THE HISTORY COLLECTION/ALAMY Detail from The Return of the Prodigal … Continue reading →

Feb 16, 2021by Heidi Schlumpf – Opinion – NATION CATHOLIC REPORTER Worshippers wearing protective masks because of COVID-19 receive ashes sprinkled over their heads during Ash Wednesday Mass at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 26, … Continue reading →

CathNews NZ Pacific German bishop asks: Are homosexuals imperfectly created? Did God slip up? Monday, February 15th, 2021 Latest News Pondering the question: ‘did God slip up in creating homosexuals?’, German Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz found he had to … Continue reading →

Bishops’ working group on Biden disbanded; doctrine committee to address Communion Feb 15, 2021by Christopher White – Politics – National Catholic Recorder Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in Rome in January 2020 (CNS/Paul … Continue reading →

New Vatican synod undersecretary hopes for more women as Catholic decision-makers Feb 10, 2021by Joshua J. McElwee – News – Nastional Catholic Reporter (NCR) Xavierian Sr. Nathalie Becquart was named by Pope Francis as one of two synod undersecretaries on Feb. … Continue reading →

Guilt-stricken evangelical confesses his rhetoric contributed to Capitol assault Tom Boggioni February 06, 2021   YouTube/screen grab In a column for the Religion News Service, evangelical Rob Schenk admitted that his years of activism railing against government policies that led to … Continue reading →