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May 2020

May 27, 2020

Knights of Columbus rejoice: Father McGivney to be beatified

On May 26, 2020, Pope Francis received in an audience Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Prefect of...

May 06, 2020

Hartmayer installed Archbishop of Atlanta: Deo Gratias!

The Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta may have been empty this afternoon when...

April 2020

April 23, 2020

New Minor Basilica for Savannah, Georgia

His Holiness Pope Francis, through the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of...

April 01, 2020

Pope Francis on coronavirus epidemic: Saint Peter was a desert

A Spanish journalist recently interviewed Pope Francis on Skype. The journalist’s first comment made reference...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

Words of Pope Francis at Prayer Vigil at Saint Peter

A thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities. We find...

March 25, 2020

Pope Francis to pray at Saint Peter Square Friday at 1pm EST

Pope Francis invites all the Christian faithful to participate in a special time of prayer...

March 25, 2020

Pope names Bishop Steven Raica Bishop of Birmingham

This morning Pope Francis appointed Bishop Steven J. Raica the fifth bishop of the Diocese...

March 15, 2020

Vatican Holy Week Services without faithful

Holy Week Services led by Pope Francis at Saint Peter Basilica will be held without...

March 08, 2020

Public Masses Cancelled in Rome until April

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General of Rome, announced today that Masses with the faithful...

March 06, 2020

The time I met the Pope

After greeting us one by one, Pope Francis addressed the whole group of pilgrims with...

March 05, 2020

Bishop Gregory Hartmayer appointed New Archbishop of Atlanta

Today at noontime in Rome, the Holy Father Pope Francis named Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer,...

December 2019

December 06, 2019

Sitting at a Buddhist Shrine

I sat alone on a brown wooden bench at the open air Erawan Shrine in...

February 2019

February 04, 2019

Why is Pope Francis in the United Arab Emirates?

Before leaving for Abu Dhabi Pope Francis tweeted, “I am about to leave for the...

September 2018

September 20, 2018

Pope Francis addresses V Encuentro

Pope Francis addressed the 3,500 delegates gathered for the opening of the V Encuentro near...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

Rejoice and be Glad in the Gift of Holiness

The latest document written by Pope Francis describes a century-old path walked by countless of...

January 2018

January 23, 2018

Over one million with Pope Francis in Peru

The closing Mass presided by Pope Francis in Peru gathered over one million faithful at...

January 18, 2018

Pope Francis eagerly welcomed by thousands in Peru

Looking tired, but with a tremendous smile, Pope Francis briskly descended from the papal plane...

January 18, 2018

Pope Francis in Peru

This evening Pope Francis will visit another Latin American country for the first time. Though...

November 2017

November 08, 2017

Lift Up Your Hearts, Not Your Phones

I chuckled this afternoon while reading the latest from Pope Francis: "At one point during...

August 2017

August 05, 2017

The Gospel amidst Cultural Shifts

The past decades have seen considerable cultural shifts that have transformed the way society functions,...

July 2017

July 20, 2017

Insights from a Delegate in Orlando

Not long after assuming the Papacy, Pope Francis published Evangelii Gaudium, an apostolic exhortation where...

July 04, 2017

Quotes from Catholic Convocation in Orlando

Approximately 3,000 Catholic leaders from the vast majority of dioceses in the United States gathered...

June 2017

June 02, 2017

Au Revoir Paris, Farewell World

We all share a responsibility in taking care of God's creation and must be faithful...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Encounter of love and dignity

My mother always tells me that wherever I go, I run into people I know....

May 02, 2017

Prayer and Holy Hour for World Day of Prayer for Vocations

This upcoming Sunday May 7th will mark the 54th World Day of Prayer for Vocations. ...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

Happy Feast Day from Assisi

Today the Italian region of Piemonte came on pilgrimage to honor the patron saint of...

September 2016

September 17, 2016

Franciscan Revolution of Tenderness

Father Thomas Rosica, the English language assistant of the Vatican Press Office, stated that Pope...

September 01, 2016

A four minute summary of Pope Francis

On February 11th, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world when he announced to Cardinals...

August 2016

August 10, 2016

Krakow, Czestochowa blessed by presence of Pope Francis

Last week Pope Francis traveled to Krakow, Poland to join hundreds of thousands of young...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

World Youth Day and Pope Francis going to Panama

The fact that the president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, was attending World Youth Day should...