Does God have one right choice for me in each decision I make? When we pray for wisdom to discern God’s will when it comes to choosing a mate, a career, a job change, a move, a home, a school, a friend, a vacation, how to spend money, or any other choice, big or little, [...]
Am I right? Or am I right! The above photograph was shared on His Holiness’s Facebook page yesterday. Evidently, he is in Kentucky for a conference. The caption with the photo says, His Holiness the Dalai Lama having a warm conversation with Archbishop Joseph Kurtz before the start of his teaching at the Yum Center [...]
The Italian man who climbed out onto the dome of St. Peter’s basilica on Monday to dramatize a political protest climbed down Wednesday night. Marcello Di Finizio, who was protesting …
Pope Francis met on May 23 with El Salvador’s President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, for a conversation that highlighted the role of the slain Archbishop Oscar Romero in the life of …
Pope Francis has formally confirmed Cardinal Agostino Vallini as his vicar for the Rome diocese. Cardinal Vallini was named as vicar general of Rome by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. As …
The Pontifical Lateran University has announced the establishment of a chair honoring the late Cardinal Bernardin Gantin. Cardinal Gantin, a native of Benin, was the first African-born …
Washington D.C., May 23, 2013 / 02:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops welcomed a U.S. Senate committee's passage of a major immigration bill as an “important step,” urging the full senate to consider the bill as soon as possible. Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, chair of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration, [...]
Washington D.C., May 23, 2013 / 04:22 pm (CNA).- The Boy Scouts of America has voted in favor of a resolution that lifts the ban on openly gay members but will not allow gay adult troop leaders. During its annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas, some 1,400 Boy Scouts delegates voted on whether or not the [...]
“If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.” (St. Gregory [...]
The chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has invoked just-war criteria to question the moral legitimacy of the …