Pope Francis donned a green hospital gown over his white cassock and entered the neonatal unit of a Rome hospital.
Pope highlights sanctity of life in Year of Mercy visits
Planting the seeds of faith
Longtime Mayhew Lake
faith formation director, Shirley Scapanski, will receive certification as lay ecclesial minister.
Remembering Jacob: In St. Joseph, grieving community pulls together in prayer
Twenty-seven community members walked solemnly down the center aisle of the church, placing a candle in the sanctuary to mark each year the Wetterlings waited for their son to come home.
Jubilee for Catechists honors faith educators
Pope Francis has called for several events to mark the Jubilee Year of Mercy, which runs through Nov. 20. One of those events is a Jubilee for Catechists.
A straight and narrow path: Jail worker, former inmate help others improve lives
For the gate is small and the way is narrow, Matthew said in his Gospel. Admonishing the sinner is a spiritual work of mercy meant to be a gentle way of helping a person correct wrong choices or behavior. That person, in turn, can then choose to make amends for what they have done and help others not to make the same mistakes they made.
Praying for Jacob: Albany woman lit prayer candle every day for 27 years
Agnes Imdieke woke up the morning of Sept. 3 in her apartment on the outskirts of Albany and got ready for the day. As she did every day, she lit a candle and said a prayer for the safe return of Jacob Wetterling.
St. Teresa of Kolkata will always be ‘Mother’ Teresa, pope says
Pope Francis proclaimed the sainthood of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, hailing her courage and love for the poor.
Pope proposes care for creation as a new work of mercy
The pope reflected on the need for an integral ecology in Christian life in his message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Sept. 1.