During his general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 15, the pope explained that apostleship as understood by the Second Vatican Council produces an equality — rooted in service — among laypeople, consecrated religious, priests and bishops.
To be an apostle is to serve, not move up church’s hierarchy, pope says
Being a missionary begins with respect, pope says
Missionaries are called to be like Christ in bearing witness to the realities of the communities they serve, the pope said.
Knights of Columbus pilgrimage of Blessed McGivney relic visits three Texas dioceses
Each pilgrimage stop offered an opportunity for veneration of the relic, followed by Mass.
Latin American continental synod, split into multiple meetings, closes; assembly highlights dramatic events in Nicaragua
The continental phase of the synod has traveled across the globe with sessions in Europe, Oceania, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East in February and March.
Knights’ novena to St. Joseph marks 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate
The novena began March 12 and concludes March 20, when the solemnity of St. Joseph is observed, since his feast day, March 19, falls on a Sunday in Lent this year.
‘Befriending St. Joseph’ and imagining his silent sorrows
In his book “Befriending St. Joseph: Finding Faith, Hope and Courage in the Seven Sorrows Devotion,” Deacon Greg Kandra was challenged to find a way to speak of — and perhaps for — this saint of silence.
German Synodal Assembly allows women to preach at Mass, clears the way for church blessing of same-sex couples
Following a controversial debate, KNA wrote, the Synodal Path reform project adopted a corresponding text in Frankfurt on March 10, with a majority of over 90%.
Lone Star state’s first-ever Melkite Catholic parish shows Catholics of different rites united in Christ
Bishop Beyrouti decreed the parish’s first official day as a parish to be Jan. 30, the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, its patron saints: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.