CATHOLIC NEWS: Corpus Christi... PLUS 5 MORE

Corpus Christi
Is Helen Thomas an Anti-Semite?
Jerzy Lives
Worth a thousand words: the mother of a saint
In Cyprus Too, the Pope Bears His Cross. With Joy
Wooden: Faith and fidelity..

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:16 PM PDT

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ After the Church concludes her Easter season with Pentecost, and after celebrating the Most Holy Trinity one week later, she turns her liturgical focus to the Most Blessed Sacrament. These are all celebrations of God's mysterious but personal and omnipotent presence in our lives...

Is Helen Thomas an Anti-Semite?

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:38 AM PDT

By Jimmy Akin | On May 27, long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas made remarks that have caused an uproar. At the time, she was outside the White House, which was hosting a Jewish heritage event. An interviewer asked her if she had any comments on Israel. Her reply was, "Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine."

Jerzy Lives

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:40 PM PDT

While most of the global church observes this Sunday as the transferred observance of Corpus Christi, the church in Poland -- where the feast remains on its traditional Thursday -- will be commemorating a more recent martyr for freedom. At a Mass in Warsaw's Pidulski Square expected to draw in excess of a quarter-million people...

Worth a thousand words: the mother of a saint

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 04:38 AM PDT

The 100-year-old mother of Father Jerzy Popieliszko, Marianna, center, prays at her son's grave in front of the St. Stanislaw Kostka church in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, June 5, 2010, ahead of the Sunday beatification of Jerzy Popieluszko. Popieluszko, the Solidarity chaplain...

In Cyprus Too, the Pope Bears His Cross. With Joy

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT

We all deserve it because of our sins, he explains. But thanks to Jesus, the innocent lamb, it has become the hope of the world, the definitive victory over all evil. The homily of the evening of Saturday, June 5...

Wooden: Faith and fidelity..

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 06:03 PM PDT

Many people simple called him the "reverend," which was nice since he hated his famous nickname — the Wizard of Westwood. He was constantly reading his Bible, as well as stacks of other books, which was perfectly natural for a former English teacher who hardly ever missed church. However, try to find a picture of this man reading his Bible.