“Sometimes people seem ready to explode, and sadly all it takes is some small incident to set them off.”
Addressing an epidemic of anger
Sunday Scripture reading: May 15, 2022
Fifth Sunday of Easter
First reading: Acts 14:21-27
Second reading: Rv 21:1-5
Gospel: Jn 13:31-35
Pope tells grandparents to leave grandkids their legacy of wisdom
During his general audience May 11, 2022, Pope Francis told older people to use retirement as a time to serve others and to sow the seeds of their wisdom.
Dutch priest proposed as patron saint of journalists
Among the 10 men and women Pope Francis proclaimed as the Catholic Church’s newest saints is Titus Brandsma, a priest and journalist who stood his ground against Nazi ideology and paid for it with his life.
Pope John Paul I’s teaching echoed ‘faith of the apostles,’ pope says
The pope said that during his pontificate, Pope John Paul “confessed faith, hope and charity as God-given virtues” and insisted that care for the poor and needy was “an infallible part of the apostolic faith.”
Racing to Mass? Catholics at Churchill Downs’ chapel know that feeling
While the first Saturday in May’s running of the Kentucky Derby boasts the fastest two minutes in sports, Churchill Downs’ backside chapel hosts what might be the fastest Sunday Mass in the Archdiocese of Louisville.
Beatification near for founder of Society for the Propagation of the Faith
In 2022, this international association that coordinates assistance for Catholic missionary priests, brothers, and nuns in mission areas, is still going strong and renewed attention has been given to its founder, who will be beatified May 22.
St. Gianna’s daughter planning to open spiritual pilgrimage center
Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla, a pediatrician and daughter of Italian St. Gianna Beretta Molla, plans to open an international pilgrimage site and center in Springfield to help spread knowledge of and devotion to her parents and promote marriage and family life.