From visions to reform: The powerful witness of St. Catherine of Siena

From visions to reform: The powerful witness of St. Catherine of Siena St. Catherine’s incredible spiritual graces led her to sainthood, and her influential writings earned her the title of doctor of the Church. Living ‘martyr’ of communism, Cardinal Simoni, presents relic of Albanian martyrs to Leo XIV The cardinal, who endured long years of imprisonment and forced labor for fidelity to Christ, met with the pope during a private audience. He was ordained 70 years ago on April 7, 1956. Hawaii declares April 27 ‘Brother Joseph Dutton Day’ Servant of God Joseph Dutton was a companion of St. Damien of Molokai and a layman who lived among and served those suffering with leprosy. Cardinal Pizzaballa: ‘Jerusalem belongs to no one; it is a gift to all of humanity’ In a wide-ranging pastoral letter, the cardinal addressed the highly divisive conflict and its spiritual undercurrents, proposing a response based on the prophetic vision of the new Jerusalem.

Views vary among prominent U.S. Catholic clergy on ‘just war’ pronouncements One of the U.S. Church’s most prominent public figures contends that it’s not the role of the Church’s leaders to make a final determination about whether a particular war is just or not.