4th Sunday in Easter (Liturgical Year C)

The Risen Christ, Michelangelo, c. 1532 Readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52 Psalm 100:1-3, 5 Revelation 7:9,14-17 John 10:27-30 Chants Scott Hahn with David Scott Israel’s mission—to be God’s instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth (see Isaiah 49:6)—is fulfilled in the Church. By the “Word of God” that Paul and Barnabas preach in today’s First Reading, a new covenant people…

Fighting Words: Why Catholics Disagree About War

At the height of the U.S.-led war in the Persian Gulf a year ago, a pop-radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania decided to take a poll. Who is the greater monster, the station wondered, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein or the Benedictine nuns who run Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace group based in Erie? It was a tight race, but…