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Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The joy of Christ’s resurrection is needed now more than ever in a time when war in Ukraine and other parts of the world makes the hope for peace seem like an illusion, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing. Like the disciples who were at first doubtful of Jesus rising […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The joy of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead gives joy and strength to those who are called to bring peace, reconciliation and justice to the suffering and the downtrodden, Pope Francis said. “Let us make Jesus, the Living One, rise again from all those tombs in which we have sealed him,” the […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — More than 10,000 people gathered outside Rome’s Colosseum prayed with Pope Francis for peace in the world, while a Ukrainian and a Russian woman held a cross together during the nighttime Way of the Cross April 15. The pope had asked families to write the series of prayers and reflections for the […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May Our Lord’s presence and triumph fill your hearts with peace and joy this sacred Season of Easter and always! When the risen Christ appears to the disciples, his first words to them are, “Peace be with you.” In these difficult and challenging times for our world, today we […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Mass graves and the deceased still lying along the roadside became a kind of “Way of the Cross” where Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, and Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, stopped and prayed. Pope Francis had sent the cardinal to Ukraine to spend Triduum and Easter with the people […]
National
By Catholic News Service
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis April 14 signed into law a measure that limits most abortions in Florida to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state’s Catholic bishops praised DeSantis for his “commitment to defend unborn children and their mothers” and for his leadership in encouraging the legislature to take up the bill […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — In the life of every Christian, but especially of priests, God’s love and forgiveness are the greatest rewards, and any attempt to seek one’s own glory plays into the hands of the devil, Pope Francis said. With some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing the promises made at their ordinations, Pope Francis celebrated […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — The Catholic Church in Europe and other places will, as retired Pope Benedict XVI had said, be smaller and less influential, but the church’s mission and joy is not to increase numbers but to share the Gospel, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Malta. “What is the vocation of the church? It is not […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Performing in a live reenactment of the Stations of the Cross made Christ’s crucifixion all the more real, said Gloria Gallagher. “It was a lot more intense than it is when you just see it in the pictures,” she said. “It feels like it’s coming alive. It helped me understand it more.” Gallagher was one […]
Gospel Commentary for April 17