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June 2015

June 24, 2015

3 Ways Frequent Travelers Can Live the Year of Mercy with Airport Chaplains

The human heart plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps. Proverbs 16:9 Can being...

March 2015

March 08, 2015

Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Vatican with Voices of Faith

Today, we commemorate International Women's Day. The Vatican is part of this event with a...

January 2015

January 18, 2015

Filming Inside the Vatican Library–Insights from 60 Minutes

I'm tardy sharing this, but I found this video from 60 Minutes Overtime to be...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Thou Shalt Not Cyberbully

On this morning's episode of The Son Rise Morning Show, host Matt Swaim and I...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

OSV & Bunson Offer Excellent Extraordinary Synod “101” Help

You've been hearing about it, and if you're Catholic you really should pay attention to...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Instrumentum Laboris: What We Need to Know

It's likely that we'll begin hearing soon from the mainstream media on today's release of Instrumentum...

May 2014

May 02, 2014

Vatican to Digitize Documents

A hat tip to my friend Brad West for pointing me to this Mashable story...

April 2014

April 11, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 4/11/14 — A Contemplative Spirit

Maybe it has something to do with the amount of time I spent in airplanes...

April 04, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 4/04/14 — The Good News

Welcome back to Sweet Tweets - after a few weeks off, I'm happy to have...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 3/15/14 — The Anniversary Edition

Thank you to John Clem for making this weekly feature possible! Papal Tweet: Please pray...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Consistory for the Family: Facing the Realities of “Family”

Coming from the Vatican today, we have an overview of the opening moments of this...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Pope Francis to Meet with President Obama

CNN has announced an upcoming March 27th meeting between Pope Francis and President Barack Obama....

January 14, 2014

Pope Francis, Eli, the New York Times and Humility

One of the best things about living in a hotel room for two weeks in...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

Not Sneaking Out, but Pope Francis WAS a Bouncer

From Daniel Burke of Belief Blog at CNN: Video Link

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Instagram Exemplars: Who the Vatican Follows

The News.va Instagram account has quickly become one of my favorites to follow. I'm not sure...

October 10, 2013

Rome: The Capital of the Family — What Will it Take?

New out this morning is a report on the upcoming Synod on the Family and...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Church Leaders Confront “Virtual Reality”

Following on the heels of last week's plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications,...

September 24, 2013

Pope Francis’ Message for Migrants and Refugees

On January 19th, 2014 we will commemorate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. In...

September 24, 2013

Mulieris Dignitatem 25th Anniversary Sparks Seminar at the Vatican

News out from the Pontifical Council for the Laity: Twenty five years after the publication...

September 22, 2013

Video: Pope Francis on Social Communications

A follow up to yesterday's post on Pope Francis’ address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical...

September 21, 2013

Pope Francis on Social Communications

Pope Francis' address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications is...

September 19, 2013

Msgr. Tighe: Seeing Church’s Social Communications in a Networked Way

I am a major fan of Msgr. Paul Tighe, the current secretary of the Pontifical...

September 18, 2013

The New Media in Pope Francis’ Vatican

From L’Osservatore Romano via News.va: “More than 9,300,000 followers and, thanks to retweets, at least 60,000...

September 18, 2013

Pope Francis: The Church is Our Merciful Mother

From today's General Audience catechesis with Pope Francis: Video Link During his Audience catechesis Pope...

September 13, 2013

News.va Instagram Photos Share Timeless Authenticity of the Vatican

In their continuing commitment to embracing the latest social media tools, the News.va team (Pontifical...

September 05, 2013

Colbert and Dolan: Prayer, Punditry and Popes

If you didn't catch it live, you've surely heard about Cardinal Timothy Dolan's recent appearance...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Pope Francis to Footballers: Don’t Neglect Generosity, Camaraderie & Beauty

New out this morning at News.va is an outstanding article on Pope Francis' meeting this...

August 08, 2013

Motu Proprio on Money Laundering, Terrorism and WMDs

Hot off the press this morning, an official press release on the new Motu Proprio of Pope Francis...

August 07, 2013

Ken Hackett Confirmed as New US Ambassador to the Holy See

Upon his confirmation as the next United States Ambassador to the Holy See, Ken Hackett...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

Lumen Fidei – Light of Faith

I awoke this morning to the release of Pope Francis' first encyclical, Lumen Fidei (Light...