Looking Back on Rev. James Martin’s Talk
Dara Burke, Contributing Writer
December 5, 2018
Filed under Opinion
On Nov 8, Jesuit priest Reverend James Martin, who was appointed as a consultor to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications by Pope Francis, visited campus to give a talk. During the lecture, titled “Building a Bridge: Reaching Out to LGBT Catholics,” Martin discussed his similarly-titl...
Vincentian View: Black Catholic History Month
Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M., Special to the Torch
November 16, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Pope John Paul II canonized Josephine Bakhita in 2000. That means that he declared her a saint, not that he “made her” one. Therefore, he expressed the recognition that the People of God know that she is a saint. She dwells in the presence of God at this very moment. Bakhita was a Canossian Da...
Mother Teresa, a Saint
Chyna Davis, Staff Writer
September 7, 2016
Filed under News
Mother Teresa's canonization in the Catholic Church is marked as a historic moment for thousands of nuns, more than one thousand of the poverty-stricken brought in for the ceremony and others praising her years of selfless actions. This past Sunday Sept. 4, Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa as a "Saint" and "Mod...
