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An alert reader spotted this item in the Washington Post, about a remarkable outreach to an often-neglected community: Two autistic boys sat inside a parochial school classroom this month. In a setting stripped of unnecessary furniture and toys to avoid distraction, they studied pictograms of a bearded Jesus in a red sash and images of…

Tonight, as we have every Friday during Lent for the past several years, my wife and I will undertake a unique apostolate within our parish, leading a devotion known as “Mary’s Way of the Cross,” by Richard Furey. It looks at this singular journey to Calvary, the Stations of the Cross, through the eyes of…

And we’re not talking about the liturgical color here — we’re talking about how observing Lent can help to reduce our carbon footprint. Really. As we mark the first Friday of this season, take a look at this: It’s a time for ashes and palm fronds, sacrifice and rebirth, and occasional vegetarianism. For Catholics across…

The latest wrinkle in the SSPX/Richard Williamson melodrama: he says he’s sorry. From Reuters: A Roman Catholic bishop who caused an uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust has apologised for his views in statements carried on a Catholic news agency website on Thursday. Bishop Richard Williamson caused outrage by saying there were no…
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