The Cardinal’s Column

Pope Benedict XVI

I am writing this column Monday evening, Feb. 11, after a day responding to questions about the Holy Father. Like everyone else, I woke up to the news that the pope had resigned the office of the papacy, effective on the last day of February.

Throughout the liturgical celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, we have contemplated the initiative taken by God to save us and make us his people in Christ. The initiative is God’s, and it is for us to wonder and accept and come to live in the light of what God has done.

This column by Cardinal George for the January 20 - February 2, 2013 issue of the Catholic New World is now posted.

Legislation creating "same-sex" marriage: What's at stake?

At the beginning of the New Year, 2013, a law is being proposed in the General Assembly to change the legal definition of marriage in Illinois to accommodate those of the same sex who wish to “marry” one another.  In this discussion, the Church will be portrayed as “anti-gay,” which is a difficult position to be in, particularly when families and the Church herself love those of their members who are same-sex oriented.  What’s at stake in this legislative proposal and in the Church’s teaching on marriage?

This column by Cardinal George for the January 6-19, 2013 issue of the Catholic New World is now posted.