Pope calls National Eucharistic Congress ‘a significant moment in the life of the Church’
“In the Eucharist, we encounter the One who gave everything for us, who sacrificed himself in order to give us life, who loved us to the end,” Francis said. “It…
Company announces ‘baby bonus’ for employees expecting or adopting a child
“So we thought, what better way to express this value that’s core to our beliefs than actually putting some money behind it, putting our money where our mouth is,” he…
Nigerian bishop describes persecution and killings of Catholics: ‘It has become a daily occurrence’
“I tell you, there is no Fulani man who is indigenous to Benue State, so they are coming as invaders or aggressors,” Anagbe said. Since the start of 2022, there…
Pope Francis names Cardinal Ghirlanda to succeed Cardinal Burke as Order of Malta patron
In 2017, Pope Francis ordered reforms of both the order’s religious life and its constitution. He approved the order’s new constitutional charter and regulations last year. Burke, a 74-year-old American…
John Kerry meets Pope Francis at the Vatican for a fourth time
Pope Francis meets with John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, at the Vatican on June 19, 2023, in what was Kerry’s fourth official private meeting with the pope.…
Pilgrims to walk 59 miles to England’s Our Lady of Walsingham shrine this summer
During the course of the pilgrimage there will be singing, praying of the rosary, daily sung Mass, and confession on the road. When asked what made the LMS pilgrimage different…
Pope Francis makes first public speech since hospitalization for abdominal surgery
After praying the Angelus prayer in Latin with the crowd gathered below in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis the pope prayed for the victims of an attack in Uganda, where…
‘I received a miracle,’ says mother of baby baptized by Pope Francis at hospital in March
📹VIDEO | The Vatican released the first video of Pope Francis at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he baptized a baby boy named Miguel Angel. He is expected to return to…
Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator speaks about torture, conscience, and faith
“Because if you’re going to say, ‘Well, sometimes there might be cases where we ignore the limits.’ Well then how on earth do you define which situations those are? How…
Dictatorship in Nicaragua freezes bank accounts of some priests
“Although they were not charged at the time their accounts were frozen, the priests are being investigated and possibly in the future they will be charged with the crime of…
Same church in Spain where priest was stabbed has now been vandalized and robbed
The police are investigating the crime. ‘I defended myself like Bruce Lee in priest’s clothing’ Contreras was stabbed the morning of Sept. 24, 2020, when he was spending a few…
LA archbishop at Mass before Dodgers game: ‘When God is insulted, it diminishes all of us’
He also said that Jesus “commands us to forgive those who trespass against us and to pray for those who persecute us.” Jesus taught us to oppose what is wrong…