At his weekly Wednesday General Audience this week, Pope Francis spoke about martyrdom. Francis summarized the age-long contradiction of Christian…
“Do you pray the Rosary every day?,” Pope Francis asked the crowd at Castelgandolfo on the Feast of the Assumption…
Remember that scene from the movie QUO VADIS (okay, you don’t; the movie was released, after all, in 1951!) where…
The announcement that the Church will beatify Pope Paul VI in October has led some observers to declare that Rome…
Two popes on the altar. Two other popes—one reigning, one retired—on hand to fête them. Over a million pilgrims descending…
The call to the priesthood is “the desire to serve others in the things that come from God,” Pope Francis…
At the request of Pope Francis, the Diocese of Rome and other dioceses throughout the world will begin the weekend…
Pope Francis reflected on the meaning of fatherhood during his weekly General Audience held on the Feast of St. Joseph—the…
At his first General Audience of 2014, Pope Francis gave the faithful in attendance a homework assignment. “Who among you…
Pope Francis looked up during his General Audience on Ash Wednesday and ditched the script, putting aside his prepared remarks…