Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo and Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell’Oro anointed the foreheads of the confirmation candidates with holy chrism in an intimate one-on-one moment between a Catholic and his or her bishop.
Nearly 500 confirmed during four bilingual Masses in Texas archdiocese
Ensuring dignity of workers means guaranteeing their safety, pope says
Pope Francis said that by ensuring safety in the workplace, companies defend the “dignity of work.”
Ireland adds St. Brigid’s feast day as national holiday
The Irish government has added a new public holiday to the national calendar to honor the country’s female patron, St. Brigid of Kildare.
Pope receives proposal to declare St. Irenaeus a doctor of the church
Born in Smyrna, Asia Minor — now modern-day Turkey — St. Irenaeus was known as a staunch defender of the faith.
Filipino American Catholic who escaped Bataan Death March lived a full life
U.S. Navy veteran served 20 years in the service, followed by 20 years working for the U.S. Postal Service, while marrying and raising three children to be Catholics every bit as devout as their father.
U.S. bishop with a Salvadoran heart weighs in on historic beatifications
As El Salvador gets ready for four beatifications Jan. 22, 2022, Bishop Hicks, who spent time as a missionary in the Central American country, says there’s a lot to glean from lives of the four martyrs from the tiny nation.
Synodality and ecumenism require walking together, say cardinals
“Conscious of our need for the accompaniment and the many gifts of our brothers and sisters in Christ, we call on them to journey with us during these two years and we sincerely pray that Christ will lead us closer to him and so to one another,” they said.
Ask Father Tom: Work of ecumenism is everyone’s responsibility
“May we all strive to be what Jesus prayed and sacrificed himself for in his final hours: to gather into one the dispersed children of God.”