Focus on Faith

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual “9 Days for Life” prayer and action campaign, which takes place Jan. 21-29.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading: Is 49:3, 5-6
Second reading: 1 Cor 1:1-3
Gospel: Jn 1:29-34

vThe feast of the Baptism of the Lord

First reading: Is 42:1-4, 6-7
Second reading: Acts 10:34-38
Gospel: Mt 3:13-17

Facebook page goes viral with a photo of cattle feeding in the shape of a giant cross.

Pope Francis opened 2020 with a strong call to acknowledge the dignity of women, end violence against them and stop the exploitation of women’s bodies.

Pope Francis focused on the importance of worshipping the Lord on the feast day Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Jan. 6.

“Evacuation drills and early detection of an emergency are key to everyone’s safety.”

Ecological sins “are in one sense simple to understand, but in another sense complex, since they are in between the category of natural evil and moral evil,” says one theologian.