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BALTIMORE — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary will begin offering perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament May 31, the same day it celebrates its 200th anniversary.
WASHINGTON — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will host a recitation of the rosary on Monday, May 17, at noon (EDT) as part of Pope Francis' call for a worldwide marathon of rosaries for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called for a global fight against the virus of "closed nationalism" and lack of concern for the poor by supporting "the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights" that prevent the widespread manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines.
VATICAN CITY — Loving others as Jesus loved means serving others, reaching out and helping those in need, Pope Francis said.
WASHINGTON — Filming has begun on "Stu," which tells the story of a Father Stuart Long, a onetime boxer who became a priest and died in 2014.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Participating in their 18th annual Marian pilgrimage in the Washington D.C., area, Asian and Pacific Island Catholics were encouraged to be a "family of families" united in their faith, and to make devotion to Mary and love for Christ central to their homes and an impetus to build a new and better world.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The head of the Vatican's justice, peace and human development efforts urged over 700 graduates of the University of Saint Francis to follow the example of their school's namesake and the advice of the pope who shares his name.
WASHINGTON — The work of Georgetown University and the Jesuits in reckoning with the history of owning and selling enslaved people may hold lessons for the rest of the Catholic Church and American society, said several panelists at an April 29 discussion at the university.
With the latest Gallup poll, the apostolic challenge is stark: every Catholic ought to be meeting the stunning SBNR/A (“Spiritual But Not Religious/Affiliated”) explosion with a plan. In case you missed it, the “unaffiliated” have soared to 21 percent of Americans and formal membership in a specific house of worship has cratered to a new low of 47 percent.
Two things recently coincided to get me thinking about family culture. At first glance, they are fairly disparate. Look a little closer, and they dovetail perfectly. My adult son Patrick was asked to consider his family mission statement in a business school assignment. As part of the assignment, he asked me, his dad and his siblings what we thought our family mission is. That sparked some treasured conversation with Patrick. The other thing was pondering the Good Shepherd over three days’ liturgies during the fourth week of Easter. I promise: This all fits together.
