La columna de esta semana está adaptada del discurso de apertura del arzobispo para la Conferencia Nacional de «Mujeres en la nueva evangelización», en el Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Czestochowa, en Doylestown.

This week’s column is adapted from the Archbishop’s opening remarks to the October 21 national “Women in the New Evangelization” conference, held at Doylestown’s Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

Reverence for the sanctity of the human person starts with a defense of the unborn child.  The right to life is foundational.  Without it, all other rights and all other discussions of justice and human dignity are built on sand. 

El derecho a la vida es fundamental; sin él, todos los demás derechos y todos los otros debates de justicia y dignidad humana están construidos sobre arena.

So many precious and innocent lives were senselessly lost in an evil manner and it fills all of us with an unspeakable sadness.

Como muchos americanos, me enteré esta mañana al despertarme de los terribles actos de violencia que ocurrieron ayer por la noche en Las Vegas. Muchas vidas preciosas e inocentes se han perdido sin sentido de una manera diabólica, y eso nos llena a todos de una tristeza indescriptible.

The Archbishop offers his prayerful greetings as the Jewish community celebrates the solemn observances of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

On Tuesday, August 29, a group of prominent evangelical scholars and pastors – including respected public voices like Russell Moore — issued the “Nashville Statement.”  It’s worth reading in the original, rather than reading about it. 

El martes, 29 de agosto, un grupo de prominentes eruditos evangélicos y pastores –incluyendo respetadas voces públicas como Russell Moore, emitió el «Nashville Statement» (declaración de Nashville). Vale la pena leer el original, en lugar de leer acerca de él.

Over the Labor Day weekend I got a note from a friendly Catholic scholar who’s an expert in the history of religions.  She teaches at one of Europe’s large secular universities.  And while she doesn’t publicize her faith, neither does she hide it – a fact which does not always help her academic career.