The Fourteen Holy Helpers: Plague saints for a time of coronavirus
While the COVID-19 pandemic has turned life upside down for many people in 2020, it’s not the first time the Church has gone through a major health...
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Why a new consecration to St Joseph is spreading like wildfire
One of the most prominent people in the life of Jesus Christ, St. Joseph, his foster father, is also one of the quietest. And as such, he...
Twenty Catholic Missionaries Killed Worldwide in 2020
Twenty Catholic missionaries were killed across the world in 2020, the information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies said Wednesday. Fides reported that those who lost their...
Memento mori in a time of pandemic
As the coronavirus continues to spread, many people find themselves confronted with their mortality for the first time. One religious sister, who has created a ministry helping...
Pope Francis Announces Year Dedicated to the Family
Pope Francis announced Sunday a special year dedicated to the family, marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. In his Angelus...
St Joseph the Worker was once out of work, too
With mass unemployment still high as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, Catholics can look to St. Joseph as a special intercessor, two priests said. Citing the Holy...
Is Christmas simply a re-imagining of ancient pagan celebrations?
By Mary Farrow – ‘Tis the season to be jolly, and, perhaps, to have one’s social media inundated with memes about Christmas being nothing more than a co-opted...
Young People Explore Connections Of Economy, Ecology, Faith
By Cindy Wooden – Inspired by St Francis of Assisi and by Pope Francis, 2,000 young adults met online to discuss making the economy more responsive to...
Pope Francis on Christ the King: Make choices with eternity in mind
On Christ the King Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to make choices with eternity in mind, by thinking not about what they want to do, but what...
English Bishops Adjust Liturgical Translation Of A Part Of Mass
The English and Welsh bishops’ conference has decreed that in the translation of the conclusion of collects in the Roman Missal, “one” is to be omitted before...
Exorcisms and the popes: Stories from inside the Vatican
It is a core tenet of the Catholic faith that demons are real, and as said in the St. Michael prayer, that they “prowl about the earth...
Mccarrick Report At Odds With Cardinal Wuerls Claims Of Ignorance
The McCarrick Report sheds new light on when former Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, knew of allegations made against his predecessor, and what steps he and...
