VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has called on all nations to eliminate the death penalty, to divert a fixed percentage of arms spending to a global fund to fight hunger and climate change, and to cancel the international debt of developing nations as concrete ways to usher in a new era of hope. “Sporadic […]
Just a little less than two years ago, a young man, Payton S. Gendron, packed up his Bushmaster XM-15 semi-automatic rifle, plus a hunting rifle, and a shotgun, got in his car and drove 3 ½ hours to the TOPS Market on Jefferson Avenue. He gunned down four people in the parking lot and another […]
“Anyone who inflicts a permanent injury on his or her neighbor shall receive the same in return: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth” (Lev. 24:19-20). Thus, this Old Testament development in moral law insisted that one could inflict punishment on a person who injured him, but only to the same degree that […]
The Parish Pastoral Council of Blessed Sacrament Church in Buffalo is pleased to announce that Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, will give a virtual presentation on her 2019 memoir, “River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey,” on Tuesday, May 24, at 7 p.m. The presentation will occur in the Canisius High School Auditorium, 1180 Delaware Ave. This […]
