When a word is spoken, does anything happen? Take the word hope, for instance. When you hear it, does anything at all compute? In other words, will it signify in your mind some extra-mental reality, ...
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington and a global leader in interreligious dialogue and human rights, was in the Holy Land on a mission of hope. He was there in early January, ...
Speaking just hours after his wartime Christmas visit to Gaza City Holy Family Parish, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivered a poignant Christmas message during a ...
A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time “Thus we shall always be with the Lord.” (1 Thes 4:17) Find today’s readings here. We hear today from St. Paul that, in our living ...
Bishops worldwide celebrated the opening of the 2025 Holy Year on Dec. 29 with Masses in their cathedrals and co-cathedrals, marking the jubilee, themed "Pilgrims of Hope." The Masses were celebrated ...
VATICAN CITY — The Holy Year 2025 should focus on "restoring a climate of hope and trust" after the coronavirus pandemic and helping people repair their relationships with God, with each other and ...
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience, in St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini.) Listen ROME – In anticipation of the ...
We handed Jade holy water from a People reader yesterday - in the hope it will give her precious extra time. Ann McShane had read how Jade was too sick to visit Lourdes. So she sent us her own bottle ...