Europe needs hope, Pope Francis says
To deal properly with the crises it faces, Europe must first have hope, Pope Francis said Wednesday at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
God has the same love for all, pope says at Angelus
People often are tempted to think their relationship with God is some kind of commercial transaction where they buy God's grace with their hard work, Pope Francis said.
Where is St. Matthew? A visit to his tomb
Sept. 21 marks the feast day of St. Matthew, also known as Levi, an apostle of Jesus and, according to tradition, the author of one of the four Gospels.
Bishop Robert Barron speaks at Harvard University: ‘The glory of God is man fully alive!’
Addressing a packed audience of approximately 1,000 on the campus of Harvard University on Sunday, Bishop Robert Barron offered those in attendance a window into the “Catholic intellectual tradition” by emphatically proclaiming: “The glory of God is man fully alive!”
A profile in courage: Cardinal Kung and Catholic resistance in Shanghai
On the evening of Sept. 8, 1955, public security officers of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a mass arrest of Catholic clergy in the city of Shanghai. Among them was the first native-born bishop of the city, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei. By the end of the month, over 1,200 priests and lay faithful were arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned.
Gender dysphoria: Youths need support, not hormones
In recent years, the number of young people with gender dysphoria, or extreme discomfort in one’s biological sex, has skyrocketed in the U.S. and Western Europe.
National Day of Remembrance
At St Patrick's Cemetery in Phillips, parishioners gathered in prayer and song to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.
The work of preservation
A worker for the Conrad Schmitt company, which provides artistic services for church restoration, applies paint to one of the many murals at the top of St. Anne Church in Somerset, which is in the middle of a large re-construction project that involves virtually the entire building.
Growing enrollment brings blessings, challenges
It is a true blessing that we again get to open the doors of our 14 Catholic elementary schools. It’s with great awe and wonder that we profess the love of Christ to the more than 1,900 children attending.
Madeline Island Mass a celebration of new, ancient
On a hot Saturday afternoon in La Pointe, St. Joseph’s Church parochial administrator Fr. Sare Sagar Rajesh welcomed everyone to a “joyous occasion” at the site of the oldest Catholic community in the state of Wisconsin.