To commemorate the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the middle schoolers at Sacred Heart Academy in Winchester made a daylong pilgrimage to the Franciscan Monastery in Washington Oct. 20.
To commemorate the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the middle schoolers at Sacred Heart Academy in Winchester made a daylong pilgrimage to the Franciscan Monastery in Washington Oct. 20.
During his general audience, the last before his trip to South America Nov. 6-17, Pope Leo XIV pointed to the “threat to world peace” posed by the imbalances of an unjust economic system.
Continuing a tradition begun by St. John Paul II in the late 1970s, Pope Leo XIV visited a cemetery outside the Vatican Nov. 2 — the day the Catholic Church commemorates All Souls’ Day — to celebrate Mass and pray for those who have died.
Pope Leo XIV said that holiness is a calling for everyone, not an achievement reserved for a select group, as he reflected on the Solemnity of All Saints during his Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square Nov. 1.
The Museum of the Bible in Washington recently opened a new exhibit on Blessed Stanley Rother, an Oklahoma priest who served as a missionary in Guatemala, helped translate the New Testament into Tz'utujil and was martyred for his faith.