The Knights of Columbus fraternal organization is launching a new initiative: Cor: Catholic Men’s Fellowship. As part of the initiative, Knights of Columbus councils are being asked, in consultation with their pastor, to organize monthly meetings where Catholic men can gather to deepen their faith.
Knights launch initiative to bring men to heart of Christ
Sunday Scripture Reading: Feb. 5, 2023
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Feb. 5, 2023)
First reading: Is 58:7-10
Second reading: 1 Cor 2:1-5
Gospel: Mt 5:13-16
‘Great joy’ as Vatican declares Miraculous Medal Shrine a minor basilica
The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, as it is now called, is a Marian devotional destination in the Germantown section of Philadelphia and is a ministry of the Vincentians in their congregation’s Eastern province.
Joy, gratitude and honest words mark close of synod’s North American phase
“The love for people’s Catholic faith and their Catholic identity abounds in the meetings. It’s so present, and it underlies everything,” said Julia McStravog, a theologian and co-coordinator of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ team for the continental phase of the synod.
Polish family murdered by Nazis along with Jews they sheltered recalled on Holocaust Remembrance Day; family’s martyrdom paves way for beatification
The Ulmas are on the path to beatification with the Vatican declaring them martyrs Dec. 17, 2022.
Marriage is a gift from God that benefits everyone, pope says
Marriage is not a ceremony, a social event, a mere formality or an abstract ideal, Pope Francis said.
Pope Benedict XVI suffered from insomnia and exhaustion, papal biographer says
The late pontiff wrote a final letter to his biographer nine weeks before his death saying the “central motive” of his resignation was “the insomnia that has accompanied me uninterruptedly since World Youth Day in Cologne” in 2005.
Where in the world is Catholic Mass attendance highest?
The nation with the best Catholic Mass attendance in the world could be Nigeria according to a new study published by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA).