SALINA –Â Bishop Gerald Vincke of the Diocese of Salina received a phone call from Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. on September 13th, 2018. After exchanging pleasantries, Cardinal Wuerl requested Bishop Vincke’s permission to allow Archbishop...
1. The Zaire Use of the Roman Rite Yes, those are spears. All male servers carry spears throughout the liturgy. The priest wears tribal robes, and the celebrants and servers dance around the altar as a means of veneration. The Use was initialized in 1988 by St. John...
Human beings have struggled with sin since Adam and Eve disobeyed the Lord’s wishes in the Garden of Eve. But we’ve struggled to categorize and organize sins in order to understand their gravity. Enter the concept of the the seven deadly sins. “The...
Here we are again learning how the leadership in the Church has wounded it’s faithful, and again has tried to cover it up. We also have a pope that is accused of covering it up and turning a blind eye. While everyone is due a just trial and is innocent until...
Back when he was still Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II first came across the story of Pier Giorgio Frassati at an exhibit in Krakow, Poland. After learning about him, John Paul II began calling Pier the “Man of the Eight Beatitudes”. Years later, the...