Focus on Faith

The pope told the priests and seminarians that if their phones and computers would allow them to block all access to porn, they should set that up, and if not, they should be on guard.

The pope continued his series of audience talks on spiritual discernment, reflecting on desolation and the role it plays in Christian life.

It was the second miracle from an Archdiocesan local which elevated St. Kateri’s canonization by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21, 2012.

The Christian community in Norrköping encompasses Swedes and Arab immigrants, providing a richness to the congregations and the culture of the town.

The importance of the family for the Catholic Church and for society means that theological reflection on family life and pastoral responses to the joys and problems of families must focus on more than the relationship between a husband and wife, Pope Francis said.

The international community must work for peace, and believers of all faiths must pray for it, but pressuring Ukraine to make peace with Russia would be to “consecrate the law of the strongest,” French President Emmanuel Macron told religious leaders meeting in Rome.

Commenting on the Gospel parable about the Pharisee and the tax collector, the pope said the lesson Jesus was trying to teach was that to approach God, people must look inside themselves and be aware of their own needs and failings.

Here is the text released by the Vatican of a speech Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, gave at a dinner Oct. 19 with the CEO of EWTN and with Europe-based employees of its various media outlets.