(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will travel to Sweden in October for a joint ecumenical commemoration of the start of the Reformation, together with leaders of the Lutheran
(Vatican Radio) In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis looked to the day's Gospel, which recounts how Jesus preached in the synagogue in His hometown of Nazareth. The
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has invited Filipino Bishops to find new ways to proclaim the “miracle” of God’s mercy. He made the call in a letter to the Bishops who are
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday said the Church’s teaching on marriage is not an “ideal for the few,” but “a reality that, in the grace of Christ, can be experienced
(Vatican Radio) The bishop's task is to pray and to proclaim the Resurrection of Jesus; if a bishop does not pray and does not announce the Gospel but is concerned with
By Tom Hoopes | User's Guide to Sunday, Jan. 24 | Sunday, Jan. 24, is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19:8-10, 15;
By Joseph Pronechen | Peter and Chantal Howard believe all families are called to be heroic. | Peter and Chantal Howard believe all families are called to be heroic. To
By GERALD J. RUSSELLO | The Classical Moment Selected Essays on Knowledge and Its Pleasures Father James V. Schall, S.J. St. Augustine’s Press. 154 pages, $27
By DEACON NICK DONNELLY | During his 2013 interview returning home from World Youth Day Rio — hijacked by the famously taken-out-of-context “Who am I to judge?” remark — Pope
By TITO EDWARDS | The Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate was Crafted as a Specifically Anti-Catholic Measure by Carrie Severino of Benched Memos - Big Pulpit How Do We
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic admonitions about inclusion mixed with strong political language before the March of Life got
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A baby in a manger is proof enough for Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York that Americans can
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said there can be no confusion between God's plan for marriage as an indissoluble bond between one man and woman who are
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh urged Massgoers preparing to rally in Washington for the annual March for
By Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON (CNS) -- March for Life hospitality at St. Peter's on Capitol Hill Catholic Church starts at 4 a.m. That's when the first volunteers arrive at the