The background to the new Vatican probe is a widening Italian scandal popularly known as dossieraggio, meaning the use of confidential and illicitly obtained information to compiles damaging dossiers...
“In the Vatican, we are still suffering greatly from the disappearance, more than forty years ago, of one of our citizens, Emanuela Orlandi, who was fifteen years old at the time,” Pope Francis said.
St. Francis of Assisi Born: 1181 or 1182 Died: October 3, 1226 Feast Day: October 4 Patron of animals, merchants, and ecology Background Few saints enjoy the kind of “rock star” status that St...
“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” St. Thérèse of Lisieux Born...
The longing for genuine connection and community has never been more pronounced. Building and nurturing community is an essential endeavor in response to Christ’s call to discipleship. The quality...
The following is an excerpt from The Father: 30 Meditations to Draw You Into the Heart of God. One of the rules of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal is to live in an area noted for the poverty. If...
The vast majority of Americans agree that we are facing a mental health crisis. It’s worth considering, how did we get here? What is driving the huge increase in mental health problems facing our...
The Statutes were created following the Chirograph signed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2019. In this letter the Holy Father ordered that the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental...
The clash was triggered by the threat to ban the platform voted by the US House of Representatives. In response, the Chinese authorities have promised to defend its interests. American public opinion...
The St. Joseph Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. / Credit: Drone Tours/St. Joseph Oratory of Mount Royal
CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA).
The feast of St. Joseph...
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, of San Antonio. / Credit: Veronicamarkland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
San Antonio...
Pope Francis on March 18, 2024, accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. / Credit: Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
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At the conclusion of his Angelus address on March 17, Pope Francis said, “I have learned with relief that in Haiti, a teacher and four of the six brothers religious of the Frères du Sacré-Cœur...
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from two Indiana Catholic parents who lost custody of their son three years ago, when he was 16. The young man believes he is a woman.
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In a video message for Holy Week in Mérida, Spain—a city known for its Holy Week processions—Pope Francis spoke in particular to “all the Confraternities of Mérida, all of them, who work throughout...
“This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul.” – Deuteronomy 26:16 God has loved...
A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are...
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES “This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with...