Tonight on Catholic Focus: Miracles, great and small

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Jenna Murphy

Who doesn’t enjoy a miracle story? These stories, after all, have weathered the ages and have been recounted at kitchen tables and family gatherings throughout the generations. And with due reason! Almost as fascinating as the miracles themselves however, is the way in which the Vatican bestows on them their lofty titles. A miracle does […]

“Union with the Catholic Church is the goal of ecumenism” — Cardinal Levada’s official text

Friday, March 12, 2010

Kris Dmytrenko

On Monday, the S+L blog published an unofficial transcript of Cardinal William Levada’s address on the Vatican’s outreach to Anglicans. His talk attracted a great deal of attention due to the rarity of a visit to Canada by this high-ranking Curial Cardinal. However, the speech was particularly significant given that the office he charges, the […]

Cardinal Levada in Kingston: Visible union “does not mean absorption into a monolith”

Monday, March 8, 2010

Kris Dmytrenko

The following is an excerpt of Saturday’s address by Cardinal William Joseph Levada in Kingston, Ontario, entitled, “Five Hundred Years After St. John Fisher: Benedict’s Ecumenical Initiatives to Anglicans”. Visible union with the Catholic Church does not mean absorption into a monolith, with the absorbed body being lost to the greater whole, the way a […]