It does not happen often that a papal trip makes the destination country as well as its neighboring one both happy. This, however, is the case with Pope Francis’ trip to Romania from May 31-June 2. In addition to Bucharest, Iaşi and
It is “a symbolic act,” but once open, the Vatican archives on Pope Pius XII, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, “will confirm what we already know: about 967,000 Jews survived the Holocaust due to the help and initiatives of Pius XII and
As final preparations wrap up before the Feb. 21-24 summit on clergy sexual abuse in Rome, two key participants, Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Center for Child Protection at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University and a member of the Pontifical Commission
It has been 50 years since 18-year-old Andrea Riccardi started gathering around him a group of high school students to pray, listen to the Bible and lead an after-school program for poor children in the southern outskirts of Rome. Today the Community of Sant’Egidio
As Advent arrives, Christians in many cultures turn their attention to an ancient bishop, St. Nicholas of Myra. The root of the popular Santa Claus tradition, St. Nicholas is one of the world’s most popular saints. Since 1087, the Basilica of St.
“Catholic art provided a means to re-evangelize Reformation-torn Europe with beauty and provided clarity to Church teaching amid chaos.” This is the assertion made by Elizabeth Lev, an American-born, well-known art historian, expert, international public speaker, and tour guide, living and working
While there are many reasons it is imperative for Catholics to continue to have faith in the Church during challenging times, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., of Philadelphia, highlights one. In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, the archbishop — who
In the long and exciting biography of Pope St. John Paul II, the first 18 years of his life are least known. Yet, “Here, everything began,” the great Polish pope said about Wadowice, the small town near Krakow where he was born
“The future we desire for the Middle East is a future of cohabitation between Muslims, Christians and Jews. This is the Middle East that we dream of,” said Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Oriental Churches. Cardinal Sandri described