“God is always at work but in mostly hidden ways. If we can attune ourselves to his promptings, we can actually assist him.”
Christina Capecchi: How to participate with the Holy Spirit
Pope asks Catholics to study Vatican II before Holy Year 2025
Held every 25 years since 1470, a holy year or jubilee is a time of pilgrimage, prayer, repentance and acts of mercy, based on the Old Testament tradition of a jubilee year of rest, forgiveness and renewal.
Supreme Court sides with coach in public school prayer case
In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to pray on the football field after games because his prayers were private speech and did not represent the public school’s endorsement of religion.
Students share joys, concerns about church at synod listening sessions
In early April, nearly 50 college students from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia gathered at La Salle University for a cross-campus listening session as part of the first phase of the global “Synod on Synodality.”
Catholic college graduates praised for pandemic resilience
“The pandemic amplified the call for all of us — educators, mental health professionals, researchers and scientists — to recognize and address social injustice in whatever form it takes,” said Patricia Therese Valbuena.
Photos of the Week: April 25, 2022
In the spotlight: Divine Mercy Sunday, war in Ukraine, praying over Pope Francis
Text of prayer of consecration for Ukraine, Russia
Here is the Vatican text of the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, sent by the Vatican to bishops throughout the world.
Text of prayer for peace in Ukraine recited by pope
It is a translation of the prayer for peace Pope Francis recited at his weekly general audience March 16.