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Pope Francis

Praying to the Holy Spirit can help couples stay united, pope says

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Because the Holy Spirit specializes in love and unity, Catholic couples should pray regularly for the Spirit to be present in their marriage, Pope Francis said.
Columns

‘Wait until next year’

By Lucia A. Silecchia
My team did not make it to the World Series.   They got close — very close. Alas, the playoffs did not end well for them. I am not the most devoted fan since I usually do not follow the team’s progress until the excitement of the later part of the season when the stakes are higher, and the disappointment greater.
Pope Francis

Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonization Mass

By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs.
Global

Cardinal calls for communion, continued action as synod nears end

By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — As members of the Synod of Bishops entered the last week of their meeting in Rome, the synod's secretary-general urged them to resist the temptation of "covetousness" — the desire "to keep everything for ourselves, to possess, to hoard, to define, to close."
Columnists

One wish

By Fr. Rich Miserendino
An age-old question: If you found a genie in a lamp in the desert and he granted you one wish (no wishing for more wishes, everyone knows that), what would you choose? In our Gospel for this Sunday, James and John have undoubtably realized that, by being in the presence of Jesus, they have something better than a thousand genies — God himself. So, naturally they set to wishing.
National

Ethel Kennedy’s life and legacy celebrated at Washington memorial service

By Mark Zimmermann
In the majestic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington during an Oct. 16 Celebration of Life for Ethel Skakel Kennedy, singer Stevie Wonder honored his friend by first singing the Our Father accompanied by a harpist, and then leading the congregation in a rousing version of “Isn’t She Lovely.”
Global

U.S. bishop: Church needs decentralization, not doctrinal fragmentation

By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — The decentralization of certain aspects of the Catholic Church's governance, as proposed in the Synod of Bishops on synodality, should not lead to a decentralization of doctrine, said the former chair of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine.

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