St. Columba Catholic Church

Commentary: In the homeland of the Anishinaabe, Enbridge, the largest pipeline company in the world, is hell-bent on jamming through Line 3, their most massive project, under the cover of this COVID-19 winter as fast as they can — before we can stop them and before the world takes notice.

Simply Spirit: I think it oddly providential — or perhaps synchronistic — that the horrific events at the U.S. Capitol occurred on the Feast of the Epiphany. An epiphany is a manifestation or an awakening.

Scholars and others spoke with NCR about Polish alienation from the church, related to the hierarchy's alliance with the authoritarian ruling party, attacks on the LGBTQ community, and clergy sex abuse.

Commentary: The majority of U.S. Catholics, including President-elect Joe Biden, understands that supporting pro-LGBTQ policies is in direct alignment with Catholic teaching on the common good.

Pencil Preaching for Friday, January 15, 2021

Facebook removed a video commentary from Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez of Guadalajara, saying it spread false information about COVID-19.  

In this video, executive editor Heidi Schlumpf talks with Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, about President-elect Biden's first 100 days.

Pope Francis told Uruguay's new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.

In one day, the Catholic Church on two continents lost two leaders to COVID-19. 

Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have both received first doses of a coronavirus vaccine as part of the Vatican's inoculation campaign, the city-state announced Jan. 14.