“There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world: let this be clear!” Pope Francis reminded the faithful during his homily at this morning’s Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel. Vatican Radio has […]
Readings: • Acts 15:2-2, 22-29 • Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 • Rev 21:10-14, 22-23 • Jn 14:23:-29 “A gift is freely given,” wrote St. Thomas Aquinas, “and expects no return. Its reason is love. […]
Last month, I suggested that the most important thing for Catholics to do politically is to present, argue for, and act on the Catholic understanding of human life. We are defined by our faith, which […]
This morning the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has appointed Father Michael Barber, SJ the new bishop of Oakland, California. He succeeds Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who took over as head of the Archdiocese of San […]
Fr. Angleo Mary Gieger is a Franciscan Friar of the Immaculate who recently wrote a fine essay for Catholic World Report titled, “Pope Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Faith and Future”. He blogs regularly at Mary Victrix, […]
Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries were the first to bring Catholicism to the State of Arizona. Franciscan friar Marcos de Niza was the first to visit the region in 1539; Jesuit Father Eusebio Kino established Arizona’s […]
I met the Right Reverend Archimandrite Robert Taft, S.J., at an Eastern-rite monastery that I was visiting in 1985. The community was still in the refectory, whereas I happened to be near the vestibule, so […]
Via Deacon Greg Kandra comes this story of a tiny community of Trappist nuns living in civil war-torn Syria. Despite the danger and mounting tensions in the region, the five nuns are determined to stay […]
Pope Francis delivered his weekly General Audience address today in St. Peter’s Square. As today is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, as well as World Labor Day, the Holy Father’s remarks highlighted the […]
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