From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 24 March 2013 (VIS) – Following is the whole text of Pope Francis’ homily during the Palm Sunday Mass that begins the Holy Week celebrations. The Holy Father commented […]
Supporters of both traditional marriage and same-sex unions will converge on the nation’s capital this week as the Supreme Court takes up two cases that could do to marriage what Roe v. Wade did to […]
Monica Migliorino Miller released Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars through Saint Benedict Press in 2012. It tells the story of how, as a college student in the 1970s, she became involved in […]
Readings: • At the procession with palms, Gospel: Lk 19:28-4 • Is 50:4-7 • Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 • Phil 2:6-11 • Lk 22:14—23:56 “It is done. We have judged our God and have […]
Today Pope Francis took a helicopter to Castel Gandolfo to meet with his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict. Below is the account of the meeting given by Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi: The helicopter landed in Castel Gandolfo […]
The Scottish Herald is reporting that Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Edinburgh—who earlier this month admitted to and apologized for sexual misconduct, following his resignation—had a long-term relationship with one of the priests who accused him […]
As a follow-up of sorts to my post yesterday about Conrad Black’s plea for the pope to jettison and denounce the Church’s sane, logical, and moral stance regarding contraception, this news from Franciscan Univerity of […]
Pope Francis met with fraternal delegates of the Orthodox Churches, other Christian churches, and world religions on Wednesday, March 20. These representatives had come to Rome for Francis’ inauguration Mass on Tuesday. Prior to the […]
Today Pope Francis addressed diplomats from around the world accredited to the Holy See. Touching on what can already be considered a main theme of his pontificate—the need to care for the poor and suffering […]
The surprising election of Pope Francis plainly was no surprise to the people who really counted: the cardinals, that is, who swiftly chose him on the first full day and fifth ballot of the conclave. […]
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