From a report today by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Initiative on the Women Deliver conference: KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (C-FAM) Drawn by the promise of helping poor women, over 3,000 power-brokers, policy-makers and […]
Today Pope Francis preached a homily on Christian joy during morning Mass for the Feast of the Visitation in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel. “Everything is joy,” Francis said. “But we Christians, we are not […]
Yesterday evening in Rome Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi outside of the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Following the Mass the Holy Father led the faithful in a candle-lit Eucharistic […]
I’ve seen lots of questions from various quarters about why the full texts of Pope Francis’ daily homilies—preached during morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel—aren’t appearing online, on this blog or anywhere else. […]
In one of his typically simple, direct, and forceful homilies, Pope Francis warned recently against idols and idolatry. “We have to empty ourselves of the many small or great idols that we have and in […]
More cuts! My goal is to post such cuts once a week. Last week, I missed the cut. Here goes! • From Andrew Fitzgerald, a day after the horrific tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City […]
“The consequence of the love of the Lord is to give everything—exactly everything, even one’s own life—for Him: This is that which ought to distinguish our pastoral ministry. It is the ‘acid test’ that bespeaks […]
As humans made in the image and likeness of God, we have a built-in desire to know what’s really going on and to trace all the little discoveries of what is really going on right […]
Joseph Epstein, writer of delightful essays, quotes the French novelist Stendahl: “To write a book is to risk being shot at in public.” Quite so. Here’s a report from one of the walking wounded. First, […]
Below is the text of Pope Francis’ Wednesday General Audience catechesis, delivered today in St. Peter’s Square, translated by Vatican Radio. Dear brothers and sisters, Last Wednesday I stressed the deep connection between the […]
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