Pope Francis gives the homily while celebrating Mass at St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Parish on the outskirts of Rome March 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — Christian faith and a moral life are responses to God’s mercy and not the result of “titanic” human effort, Pope Francis said. In meetings and […]
Vatican security always on high alert, chief says after IS threats
VATICAN CITY — The head of Vatican security said Islamic State militants have threatened the Vatican, but there are no indications of any planned attack. The Vatican gendarmes, Swiss Guards and the Italian state police that patrol the perimeter of Vatican City State are always on high alert, said Domenico Giani, the commander of the […]
Pope Francis’ handy tips to prepare for a Lenten confession
Pope Francis hears confession during a penitential liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 28, 2014. Pope Francis surprised his liturgical adviser by going to confession during the service. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters) VATICAN CITY — As Catholics are encouraged to make going to confession a significant part of their lives […]
Relics can be key to understanding life in Jesus’ time, Jesuit says
The Shroud of Turin on display at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, in this April 26, 2010, file photo. Pope Francis announced Nov. 5 that he will visit the shroud June 21. The shroud will be on public display in the cathedral April 19-June 24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) WASHINGTON […]
Father Theodore Hesburgh | 1917-2015: Notre Dame president served nation, church, world
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, who led the University of Notre Dame through a period of dramatic growth during his 35 years as president and held sway with political and civil rights leaders, died Feb. 26 at the age of 97. As the longest serving president of Notre Dame, from […]
Pope Francis has given sheep and shepherds a renewed emphasis
A 13th-century mosaic of the Good Shepherd is seen in the Basilica of Santa Maria in the Trastevere neighborhood in Rome March 5. The biblical metaphor of the Christian leader as a shepherd has taken on renewed emphasis with Pope Francis’ call for clergy to be “shepherds living with the smell of sheep.” (CNS photo/Paul […]
Father John Catoir: Life, suffering and death
Anyone can commit suicide. It’s done all the time. But recently we have seen a movement toward legalization of assisted suicide. It seems that the right to die soon becomes the duty to die. Given medical expenses in today’s world, some are tempted to say that it costs too much money to stay alive. The […]
Shroud shows what pain Jesus endured, says speaker
PITTSBURGH — Donald Nohs, who is an expert on the Shroud of Turin, widely believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus, talked to a Pittsburgh audience about the evidence of authenticity for the shroud. Jesus’ passion, Nohs noted, was much more than a physical suffering. It was the humiliation and embarrassment of being scourged […]
Experts say euthanasia threatens improvements in palliative end-of-life care
VATICAN CITY — Legalizing euthanasia risks undermining people’s access to loving, holistic care as they face the natural end of their life, many experts at a Vatican conference said. As more parts of the world, like in Quebec last year, pass right-to-die legislation allowing the terminally ill to request lethal drugs, euthanasia is being treated […]
Effie Caldarola: A time to render your heart
There was a time in medieval history and in some places even later when believers would use extreme methods of self-discipline, or self-punishment, during Lent, as a penance for sin. We’re most familiar with these practices from movies we’ve seen, or in my case, the historical novels I enjoy reading. Hair shirts that bit at […]
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