Marriage is also "an extraordinary good, a good of extraordinary value for everyone: for the spouses themselves, for their children, for all families with whom they form relationships, for the entire church, for all of ...
The world's religious traditions and their followers are called to offer wisdom to the world and to "infuse it with a spirit of warmth, healing and fraternity," which requires the participation of women as well ...
Christians must not "put pressure on others" to convert or induce in them "feelings of guilt," but take a weight off their shoulders through joyfully sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis said. At his general audience Jan. ...
Germany's bishops do not have the authority to establish a permanent decision-making body of bishops and laypeople that top Vatican officials said would supersede the authority of the country's bishops' conference, according to a letter ...
The Dicastery for the Service of Charity, led by Polish Cardinal Krajewski, spent $2.2 million (2 million euros) in 2022 for humanitarian help in Ukraine, the papal almoner told OSV News. "Another 2 million (euros) ...
Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of a Spanish poet-priest who was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. The pope Jan. 19 signed decrees recognizing that each of the six candidates heroically lived the ...
Christians must develop a pastoral heart to care for those who have not heard the Gospel or who have left the fold, Pope Francis said. "By being with Jesus, we discover that his pastoral heart always ...
Pope Francis will celebrate the fourth annual Sunday of the Word of God Jan. 22 and, like he did last year, will confer the ministries of lector and catechist on several lay people, according to ...
Pope Francis praised the late Australian Cardinal George Pell as a faithful servant of God and of the Catholic Church, who steadfastly followed the Lord even "in the hour of trial" when he was jailed ...
The way individual Catholics and their parishes care for the sick offers a precise measure of just how much they either are part of or are fighting the "throwaway culture" that ignores or discards anyone ...
In honor of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, writer David Werning gives a rundown of the major writings of his pontificate, including four apostolic exhortations and three encyclicals …
The key papal writings of Pope Benedict XVI
In honor of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, writer David Werning gives a rundown of the major writings of his pontificate
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Editor Father Patrick Briscoe @PatrickMaryOP reflects on the rise in vandalism against Catholic churches and why it is just to seek restitution …
Attacks against our churches are bigotry, pure and simple
In his latest column, Father Briscoe reflects on the rise in vandalism against Catholic churches and why it is just to seek restitution.
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