After the January 21 Mass, Pope Francis officially opened the Year of Prayer for the church’s celebration of Sunday of the Word of God. It will be a year dedicated to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer in personal life.
Spiritual oasis: Year of Prayer a needed rest stop on journey to jubilee
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Law of Gravity and the Holy Spirit
The Scriptures tell us that the Holy Spirit is both a physical and a spiritual force, the source of all physicality and of all spirituality all at the same time.
Speakers see need to introduce Vatican II to new generation
Young people must learn the significance and historical context of the Second Vatican Council, in order to understand how the Catholic Church interacts with contemporary world.
Doctrinal dicastery explains how, when gay couples can be blessed
A Catholic priest can bless a gay or other unmarried couple as long as it is not a formal liturgical blessing and does not give the impression that the Catholic Church is blessing the union as if it were a marriage, the Vatican doctrinal office said.
Faith and forgiveness: Holy Year is ‘also for the incarcerated’
The Vatican hopes to show the pilgrims who come to Rome for the jubilee that the spirit of forgiveness remains front and center of the church’s long tradition of celebrating Holy Years.
Pope says he has serious bronchial infection
During a brief meeting with participants in a seminar on the ethics of health care management, the pope said he was suffering from a serious bronchial condition.
Father Ron Rolheiser: Helplessness as Fruitful
Sometimes passivity is more fruitful and generative than if we were doing something. We see an example of this in Jesus. He gave both his life and his death for us – but in separate moments.
Pope clears way for beatification of Cardinal Pironio
Pope Francis has recognized the miraculous healing of a toddler in Argentina as the miracle needed for the beatification of Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Pironio.