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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Children of Vatican employees began their summer holidays at a new outdoor sports area and pool as part of an annual summer program.
Local
By Jim Hale
With temperatures already soaring near 100 degrees before noon, girls attending FIAT Summer Camp were undaunted.
Columns
By Lucia A. Silecchia
Four years ago, Pope Francis inaugurated the “World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.” He proposed that this day would be observed each year on the Sunday closest to the July 26 celebration of Christ’s grandparents, Saints Joachim and Anne. In past years, two of the themes chosen celebrated the comforting closeness of God to […]
Global
By Marinella Bandini
When Hamas militants attacked Israel Oct. 7, 2023, hostilities between Hezbollah (a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group) and Israel resumed, putting Christian communities on both sides of the Lebanon-Israel border to the test. Kiryat Shmona and Safad in Israel, and Deir Mimas and Naqura in Lebanon are a handful of locations known […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Political discourse in the United States has devolved into people shouting at and not listening to each other, showing a need to promote respectful dialogue despite political differences, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In an interview with Vatican News, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese […]
Local
By Anna Harvey
In today’s world, men need community more than ever, said Father Noah C. Morey. “Young men in particular feel that they have to earn their status. They have to earn their place in a community.” The Diocese of Arlington’s annual vocations camp for high school boys, Quo Vadis, endeavors to provide this community. The camp […]
Local
By Jim Hale
Father Christopher T. Vaccaro founded the Associates of St. John Bosco in 2011 because he was concerned that the college environment leads too many college students to stop the practice of their Catholic faith. “It’s not just one area, it’s the culture of campuses,” said Father Vaccaro, parochial vicar of St. Theresa Church in Ashburn. […]
Art
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National
By Courtney Mares
More than 50,000 people will gather in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, which bishops hope will be a culminating moment in the U.S. Catholic Church’s three-year revival to inspire people to encounter Jesus in the Eucharist. The five-day congress in the NFL’s Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center will be the first […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Envy is poison, and when envy and individualism prevail over communion, life becomes difficult, Pope Francis said. “When we are content with what is necessary, even with little, with God’s help we are able to go forward and get along, sharing what there is, everyone renouncing something and supporting each other,” he […]
