I once read an account of a student who challenged his teacher by stating that the teacher’s reliance on Christianity was a crutch. The teacher responded by admitting that Christ was his crutch, adding that […]
The phrase “we are expecting great things” has varying definitions according to who says it and who hears it. That the secular and non-Catholic world expected great things from Pope Francis means something rather different […]
Today is Feast of the Doctor, Virgin, and Mystic, St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), who is also one of two patron saints of Italy and was named by St. John Paul II as one of […]
Jennifer Fulwiler is a popular Catholic blogger and homeschooling mother of six who writes about faith, family, media, and culture at her website, Conversion Diary. Fulwiler, whose memoir about her spiritual journey from atheism to […]
On Saturday before the canonizations of John Paul II and John XXIII pilgrims from around the world filled the streets and churches in prayer vigils to prepare for the following day. In the early evening […]
Regardless of what one thinks of Saints John XXIII and John Paul II, and prescinding from comment on certain aspects of their legacy as papal administrators, there is one outstanding feature of both popes that […]
• Let’s begin with a cutting quote from Scripture: “He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence” (Prov. 26:6). Apply to current events as you wish. […]
Vatican City, 27 April 2014 (VIS) – Half a million people attended the ceremony held this morning in St. Peter’s Square for the canonisation of the “two Pope saints”: John XXIII and John Paul II. […]
Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ homily from the Mass of Canonization for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, delivered this morning in St. Peter’s Square before hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Translation […]
Vatican City, Apr 25, 2014 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinals Loris Capovilla and Stanislaw Dziwisz, who were personal secretaries to John XXIII and John Paul II, spoke at a news conference Friday of the […]
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