The Catholic Worker co-founder went from a danger to souls to future saint, writes Russell Shaw In one of his more snarky stories about clerical life – it’s called The Forks – the American Catholic writer JF Powers capsulises the fraught relationship between a stuffy, self-important pastor and his young curate in a single, prickly…
Seeking truth in the struggle with our sins
Sincerity is the life blood of a robust spiritual life. It’s one of those good habits I call “worldly virtues,” meaning virtues essential for living a good life in the middle of the world – in this case, being honest about our weaknesses along with our strengths, our confusions along with our certainties. Honesty But…
Is there any end in sight to the sexual abuse issue?
Continuing flare-ups in the clerical abuse saga dismay Catholics