Author: Paul Wirth

In the Diocese of Allentown, the process will begin with an opening Mass at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown. Each diocese throughout the world will celebrate its opening Mass on that day.

These days, it can seem like the era of polite disagreement and respectful discussion are long gone, whether the topic is politics, vaccines, masks, or any number of other hot-button issues.

On a glorious late-summer day, people gathered at the Red, White, and Blue Mass Saturday (9/11) to remember another fine day in 2001 that quickly turned dark as terrorists hijacked jetliners and attacked our nation.

“On the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 attacks on our Nation, we pray for the continued healing of all those who lost their loved ones in the attacks on our homeland, those who have died protecting our country from terrorism, and those who continue to carry the trauma of that day,” Bishop Alfred Schlert said.

Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home,” emphasizes the Pope’s concern for the physical and spiritual health of humanity and the earth.

The environment in which parishioners are receiving and practicing the life of faith is increasingly digital, marked with the pitfalls of misinformation and divisiveness that are found in contemporary internet culture, Deacon Kuna says.