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The John Paul I Vatican Foundation announced the recovery of a collection of the late pope's writings.
At 6 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning, 10 sleepy-eyed parishioners assembled in the St. Rita Church parking lot in Alexandria to commemorate a largely overlooked, centuries-old tradition in the Catholic Church: Rogation Days.
Meditation is more than just a method of stress relief for the body, it is a way of encountering Christ in one's soul, Pope Francis said.
ROME — The Centre for Child Protection at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University has been transformed into a Vatican-approved academic institute with its own faculty and ability to award advanced academic degrees.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge has announced that Frank Roque will assume the role of principal of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington July 1, succeeding Carl Patton, who will leave the school at the end of this academic year.
Imagine trying to follow a game whose rules and objectives you don’t know and whose players aren’t letting on. That is approximately how things now stand where the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden and the issue of abortion are concerned. And if that sounds complicated, that’s because it is.
Pope Francis issued a decree declaring the sainthood of Blessed Margaret of Città di Castello, a much-loved Italian Dominican laywoman.
SÃO PAULO — As unemployment increases and COVID-19 infections surge in the country, Catholic entities in Brazil are ramping up efforts to feed the increasing number of people going hungry.
CLEVELAND — The Second Vatican Council introduced sweeping changes in the life of the Catholic Church and earnest Catholics were wondering what those changes meant for the church they loved.
Mysteries before morals
During this holiest season of Easter, the ancient church refocused on understanding the faith’s most important mysteries, namely, our reception of Christ’s risen life through baptism and the Eucharist. Today, we tend to focus more on the moral and societal aspects of religion, which leads us to a greater emphasis on Lent, the season of purification, over the other seasons of the year. Yet the heart of the Christian life remains the same — in the mysteries before the morals. Though Easter’s sacramental emphasis might feel strange to us, it is necessary for our souls that we follow the ancients and reencounter the foundation of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.