By using CRS Rice Bowl materials, families and educators can teach children about the season of Lent, Jesus’ sacrifice, and how they can help their sisters and brothers around the world while living out their faith.
Become closer to God this Lenten season using CRS Rice Bowl
Lenten penitential regulations
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.
In a violent world, some find Gospel nonviolence a worthy alternative
More people are seeking alternatives in a world beset by violence whether through war, domestic abuse, rising crime and shootings, income inequality, racism, or disrespectful rhetoric in politics and social media.
Sunday Scripture readings: Feb. 27, 2022
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading: Sir 27:4-7
Second reading: 1 Cor 15:54-58
Gospel: Lk 6:39-45
All-star lineup: Why a canonization in 1622 still draws attention
At a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica March 12, 1622, Pope Gregory XV formally recognized the holiness of Sts. Teresa of Avila, Ignatius of Loyola, Isidore of Madrid (also known as Isidore the Farmer), Francis Xavier and Philip Neri.
Do good unto others, ditch digital addictions for Lent, pope says
Christians must persevere in generously doing good in the world, bolstered by prayer and by fighting evil in their own lives, including an addiction to digital media, Pope Francis said.
Philippine parish spends 24 hours of ‘silence with the Lord’
ather Robert Reyes, parish priest and human rights activist, said the move was based on the U.S. National Day of Unplugging, which promotes a 24-hour respite from technology.
Alliance between young, old must be renewed, pope says
The alliance between generations, which restores all ages of life to what is human, is our lost gift, and we must get it back.