Pope offers New Year Greetings to World’s Jewish Communities
Pope Francis praised the increasingly friendly and fruitful relations between the Catholic Church and Jewish leaders as he also wished the world’s Jewish communities a happy Rosh Hashanah.
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Mary: A Courageous Woman Up to the End
Mary was a courageous woman who stood by Jesus even when the crowds turned against him and even though she knew he would face a tragic death, Pope Francis said.
4 Reasons To Remember Who You Are
Often wonder who you are? What your purpose is? Feeling adrift in the world? Know that as a Christian you have a sure and steady anchor in Jesus.
Pope: Christ Without a Cross is Not the Lord
Christ without the Cross is merely a good teacher – a Cross without Christ is spiritual masochism – neither of these have hope or save.
Carmelite Sister Cleans up after Irma with a Chainsaw
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Carmelite Sister Margaret Ann Laechelin saw a motorist struggling to navigate a road obstructed by a fallen tree and worried for the safety of others. So she used a chainsaw to chop that tree still fully dressed in her religious habit.
Pope: St Rose of Lima – a Lily Among Thorns
Like other great women in the Catholic Church’s past, St Rose of Lima dedicated her life to marginalised people and gained eternal life through prayer and penance
Mater Homes Fight Abortion By Helping Women
Twenty years ago a Durban priest took the initiative to provide women in pregnancy crisis with an alternative to abortion. Since then, the Mater homes have become a safe haven for many pregnant women and victims of domestic abuse, as Ilse van Bueren explains.
Pope: Vatican II Liturgical Reform is Irreversible
The Catholic Church must continue to work to understand the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council and why they were made, rather than rethinking them, Pope Francis said.
Priest asks Forgiveness for Having Been KKK Member as Young Man
Father William Aitcheson, a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, asked forgiveness for having been a member of the Ku Klux Klan years ago as “an impressionable young man.”
