SEEK23 boasted approximately 19,000 registrants, many of whom have since returned to their parishes and college campuses to spread the Gospel.
After ‘renewing’ SEEK23, missionaries are sharing fruits with others
For first blind Catholic priest in Kenya, ordination is a ’dream turned reality’
Addressing the worshippers gathered at ordination Mass, Archbishop Muheria said the historic priestly ordination in the country “is a moment to also embrace that disabilities are gifts that God gives so that those people can develop other new gifts and enrich our society.”
In interview, pope says criticism is annoying, but can be helpful
The papacy is not a dictatorship, he said, and, besides, “criticism helps you to grow and improve things.”
Mission begins by meeting Jesus in the Scriptures and Eucharist, pope says
The connection between the missionary call of every disciple and the gift of Jesus present in the Eucharist was at the center of Pope Francis’ message for World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated Oct. 22.
Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, pope says
“Kindness is not only a question of ‘etiquette’ but a genuine antidote to cruelty, which unfortunately can poison hearts and make relationships toxic,” the pope wrote in his message for World Communication Day.
Bishop’s heroic crusade against America’s suicide epidemic is personal
For Bishop John P. Dolan of the Diocese of Phoenix, his mental health ministry expertise has come at a terrible personal price — which is why he has also become one of the most outspoken American prelates on the necessity of spiritual accompaniment for those suffering from mental illness.
California mystic’s canonization cause progresses to Rome
n November, the U.S. bishops affirmed the advancement of convert, mystic and writer Cora Evans’ cause for canonization, which the Diocese of Monterey, California, opened in 2010.
Church tensions are not new or all bad, says Cardinal Hollerich
Cardinal Hollerich noted that the document for the current continental phase of the synod acknowledged the tensions in the Catholic Church but also insisted that, if the church is a tent, tension on the lines is needed to hold it up.