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VATICAN CITY — Prayer makes every day better, even the most difficult days, Pope Francis said.
WASHINGTON — With a virtual conference, it is impossible to tell if participants are nodding their heads in agreement, shifting in their seats or sitting up a little taller at a speaker's challenge.
The Missionhurst priest spent many years ministering to the African American community in Philadelphia. br />br />
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to prohibit use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.
CHICAGO — The Archdiocese of Chicago's Office of Catholic Schools had two extra things to celebrate as it observed Catholic Schools Week Jan. 31-Feb. 6.
WASHINGTON — No one needed to tell the Catholic college and university leaders, attending their annual conference virtually this year, that these different times are affecting their day-to-day operations and what they might do going forward.
In 1991 Pope St. John Paul II declared Feb. 11, the date the Church commemorates Our Lady of Lourdes, as the first World Day of the Sick, to call to mind and prayer our suffering brothers and sisters who are ill and their caregivers. The theme of this year’s observance is “You have but one teacher and you are all brothers” (Mt 23:8), which calls for “a trust-based relationship to guide care for the sick.” During this current pandemic, which has ravaged our nation and world and taken untold precious lives, the sick are foremost on our minds.
Newlyweds submitted photos to be included in the Catholic Herald’s annual Wedding Guide. Even a pandemic couldn’t stop the smiles and joy of these couples.
St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington cut the ribbon for five outdoor spaces outfitted with large white tents, desks, tables, chairs and whiteboards Feb. 9.
Childlike faith
We are just a month out from the end of the Christmas season, yet we have in our Gospel today a powerful example of childlike faith. A leper comes up to Jesus, kneels down and pleads, “If you wish, you can make me clean.”