How do the saints and angels hear our prayers? Can we pray to them in our mind and count on them to hear us? Or do we have to pray vocally to them (out loud) to get their attention? As Monsignor Charles
The Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious congregation founded in 1839 by St. Jeanne Jugan, serves the elderly poor in over 30 countries around the world. They serve the neediest with assistance, care and prayer. Now one of their own needs
With some 15,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray with him, the pope said he was praying "for the victims of the fires that have devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui."
The official death toll from the fires had risen to
In a world where the 24/7 news cycle offers a ceaseless tide of disasters, a natural Christian inclination has become a polarizing catchphrase. Whether the news is yet another senseless mass shooting, a disastrous act of nature, or the illness of a
A reader writes: “The priest whispers certain prayers during the offertory. Why is this, and how can the people participate if he does this?” Monsignor Charles Pope explains that there are certain prayers that the priest is expected to recite alone and
A reader asks: “What does this prayer to the Holy Spirit mean? ‘Send forth your spirit and they shall be created.’” Monsignor Charles Pope explains that the prayer is from Psalm 104:30: “Send forth your spirit, they are created and you renew
Columnist David Mills writes about the need to be honest — with yourself and with God — in our prayer lives. Try as we might, we cannot trick God into believing we’re someone we aren’t by presenting to him an ideal version
A reader asks: “How can someone who makes it to heaven be happy knowing that a loved one is in hell?” Monsignor Charles Pope answers: “If a loved one is not in heaven, it is not as though God showed no mercy
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez writes that Pope Francis has referred to “weeping in prayer” on multiple occasions: “Many of us are generally afraid of tears. We worry that it shows weakness, or imbalance, and certainly vulnerability. But it is probably when we
Managing editor Scott Warden shares his family’s tradition of praying the St. Andrew Christmas novena. He writes: “There are stretches of time where our family’s prayer life is lackadaisical, but for those amazing nights of Advent, we all gather around the living