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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The saints were not “starched,” picture-perfect conformists, Pope Francis said; they were “countercultural and revolutionary.” The multitude of men and women honored on the feast of All Saints lived according to the Eight Beatitudes, which made them decidedly out of place in the world, Pope Francis said Nov. 1 before reciting the […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — St. Francis of Assisi is known for loving and celebrating creation and for being a man of peace and poverty, Pope Francis said. “When I chose to call myself Francis, I knew I was referring to a saint who is very popular, but also very misunderstood,” he told members of the Coordinating […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — God always sees people’s potential, looking past their mistakes and understanding what they can become, Pope Francis said. If people feel they are “not up to the challenges of life and, even less, of the Gospel, mired in problems and sins, Jesus always looks at us with love,” the pope told people […]
Global
SEOUL, South Korea — Catholic bishops in South Korea expressed sorrow and offered prayers after more than 150 people died in a stampede during Halloween celebrations in Seoul. They also called for a detailed investigation to identify the cause of the incident. Officials are concerned that the death toll could rise because at least 33 […]
Schools
By Zoey Maraist
Bishop Burbidge celebrates Mass for the school during their silver jubilee year.
Local
By Kimberley Heatherington
Parishioners host candlelit tours of their graveyard to highlight holy men and women. On a dark if not stormy night just hours before Halloween, whistling past a graveyard might chase away scary feelings. But visitors to Sacred Heart Cemetery in Winchester Oct. 30 couldn’t wait to get inside the gates of the Catholic burial ground. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The COVID-19 pandemic has weakened many parishes, but that community “in the midst of homes, in the midst of people,” is still an essential place for nourishing and sharing faith, Pope Francis told Italian young adults. The parish is “the normal environment where we learned to hear the Gospel, to know the […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The Nativity scene that will sit under a 98-foot-tall silver fir tree in the middle of St. Peter’s Square this year will feature 19 life-sized figures carved in cedar by artisans in the northeastern Italian town of Sutrio. The tree comes from Rosello, a village of only 182 residents, in Italy’s central […]
National
WASHINGTON — Calling upon Congress for “radical solidarity” with mothers and babies — both born and unborn — four bishops advanced an ambitious legislative and policy agenda that prioritizes the well-being of families in a letter to lawmakers. The measures proposed by the chairmen of four U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees detail a “vision […]
Overcoming the crowd