The reaction to the video of this encounter has been quite positive. Surprisingly, however, there has been a strong minority who felt this was more evidence that the pope was not up to snuff when it comes to doling out doctrine.More
In a 2013 interview with CSPAN, Barbara Bush said, “I pray. George and I pray every night, out loud, and sometimes we fight over whose turn it is, but we do.” More
It has been nearly a month since the beginning of the presynod gathering on "Young people, the faith and vocational discernment," in Rome.More
More than 100 students gathered recently in Rome to use their talents in the first-ever Vatican Hackathon, a collaborative event that harnessed the technical skills and creativity of young people to address issues of social inclusion, interfaith dialogue and assistance for migrants and refugees.More
The news that Pope Francis has set in motion the planning for a synod of bishops of the Amazon region next year may not strike most U.S. Catholics as a matter of great interest. More
When you say that you don’t have time to go to Mass, or you won’t go because don’t like the parish or the music bothers you, what you are saying is that you’d literally rather not receive Our Lord who offers his act of love to you personally than go to a Mass that doesn’t meet your ideal. Jesus wants you, but you’d rather leave him at the altar than to go under whatever circumstances he’s offering. More
I don’t know what the Holy Father actually said in his most recent conversation with Eugenio Scalfari, but Scalfari’s reconstruction has the pope strongly implying that hell does not exist — that the souls of the damned simply cease to exist at the moment of death.More
Erica Tighe was 26 when she made the leap. She would set out on her own to be a calligrapher — full time — in order to pay her $800 rent and cellphone bill and $1,000 college-loan payment and also hopefully afford some food.More