By Edward Pentin | MUNICH — Lay faithful from around the world stood for an hour in silent prayer in the center of the Bavarian city of Munich today to ask Pope Francis and Germany’s bishops for...
By Susanna Spencer | The Second Sunday after Epiphany has my favorite readings in the whole liturgical calendar. You might be asking, what is the Second Sunday after Epiphany? In the old, pre-Vatican...
By Tito Edwards | From The Seven Sisters Apostolate About Distraction During Prayer – Fr. Z’s Blog I Still Have Hope That Christ Will Bring My Kids Back to the Faith – Maggie Green at Catholic...
By Sherry Antonetti | When my grandmother came to live with us because she suffered from the middle stages of Alzheimer’s, we made jokes to ease some of the day to day sharpness of having her forget...
By Peter Jesserer Smith | Ten years ago, Benedict XVI issued a new decree that would create three new Catholic dioceses with English Christian patrimony called personal ordinariates and they would...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Every Christian should be grateful for the gift of his or her baptism, and that gratitude should draw them together to recognize that they are...
IMAGE: CNS By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholics across the country are invited to take part in the 9 Days for Life is a novena for the protection of human life. Each day's intention is accompanied by a...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus healed people of all sorts of physical ailments, but he always started with the essential -- forgiving their sins, Pope...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom Brenner, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Donald Trump announced his administration's new guidance on prayer in public schools during a Jan. 16 event in...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters By PONCE, Puerto Rico (CNS) -- Jose Lebron-Sanabria, a Knight of Columbus and a general insurance agent for the fraternal organization, is coordinating...
Looking ahead to the rest of 2020, this year could see several major Vatican shakeups as Pope Francis's reform of the Roman Curia rolls out and several current department heads have already reached...
Before meeting Pope Francis, the bishops of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri prayed before the tomb of St. Peter and reflected on how the fisherman grew in faith and love for Jesus.
Next week, Pope Francis will lead the first celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God, which he instituted as a yearly occasion to celebrate and study the Bible.
Protecting human life is the "preeminent" social and political issue, Pope Francis said, and he asked the head of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities to convey his support...