By Susie Lloyd | African Cardinal Robert Sarah addressed the World Meeting of Families this morning, discussing “The Light of the Family in a Dark World.”
“God is a family,” he reminded attendees.
“The relationship with…
Washington D.C., Sep 23, 2015 / 06:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After Pope Francis insisted at the White House that the present moment is “critical” for addressing the threat of climate change, one bishop implored Americans to recognize environm…
Philadelphia, Pa., Sep 23, 2015 / 05:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Efforts to ‘soften’ Christian teaching on the family are not a solution for those wounded by sin, Cardinal Robert Sarah, a native of the west African country of Guinea, told the W…
Washington D.C., Sep 23, 2015 / 05:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A previously unscheduled visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. might be added to the papal schedule for Thursday morning, according to a source familiar with the Whi…
Preamble: As I don’t tweet, could someone send one from me to Raymond Arroyo and his Papal Posse? “Gentlemen, if the summit of our witness is the Mass, could you not ‘gab’ during the reception of the Body of Christ? The music, such as it may be, is the…
Pope Francis says that St. Paul’s exhortation to “rejoice in the Lord always” resonates with the desire everyone feels in their hearts. And the secret to finding and living this Christian joy is found in Jesus’ command: “Go forth! Proclaim!”
The Pope said this today at the canonization Mass for Junípero Serra, h…
Denver, Colo., Sep 23, 2015 / 03:59 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The plight of Christians in the Middle East was the focus of an educational and fundraising event in Denver on Friday, in which two Christian refugees from a city near Mosul told of their escape …
Washington D.C., Sep 23, 2015 / 03:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis made history Wednesday by performing the first-ever canonization on U.S. soil, of St. Junipero Serra.
St. Serra, a Franciscan missionary from Spain, founded nine Catholic missio…
Here is a Vatican translation of the homily Pope Francis gave at today’s Mass for the canonization of Junípero Serra in Washington, D.C.
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Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again, rejoice! These are striking words, words which impact our lives. Paul tells us to rejoice; he practically orders us to rejo…
