Archbishop Richard G. Henning, S.T.D.

“The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10) - - In the Catholic worldview, there is an inseparable link between our beliefs about God and how we are to live. The quote from Proverbs above captures this connection.

As we observe the October 7 anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, Archbishop Henning shares this message and invitation to prayer and penance...

It may surprise you to learn that Catholic moral teaching does not assert that civil governments must or should be democracies. Recall that over the course of history, the Catholic Faith has dwelt in many different kinds of political and economic systems. That is still the case today as the Church pursues its mission across the globe. With all of these varied settings and experiences, Catholic moral teaching is not concerned so much for systems as for persons.

By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent PROVIDENCE — The Diocese of Providence held the presentation ceremony for those completing the first Certificate in Catholic Theology on Saturday, Sept. 14. Offered by the Secretariat for Evangelization and Pastoral Planning, the Certificate in Catholic Theology is aimed at helping the local faithful deepen their knowledge of the Catholic faith. Classes are taught by local clergy and scholars of theology on Catholic theology and spirituality, including the nature of Divine Revelation, the Most Holy Trinity, Christology, Sacramental theology and moral theology. (Photo: Cole DeSantis)

Years ago, on the same weekend as the Right to Life Mass and March, I preached at a parish youth Mass. I wanted the young people there to reflect upon the Catholic commitment to the sanctity of human life. As many of the young people were from the local high school, I looked up the statistics from the year that the high school seniors were born. I was shocked to learn that one third of the pregnancies in that town ended in termination that year. In my remarks to those young people, I spoke in the homily about their missing classmates who never enjoyed the chance for life. I did not speak much about theology, I simply mourned the loss and asked everyone to remember the true cost of that seemingly innocuous word “choice.”