“Called to the Fullness of Dignity” is the theme of this year’s Religious Freedom Week of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
US Catholics urged to promote ‘essential right’ of religious freedom through prayer, action
Advocates say big events like Super Bowl are good time to raise awareness of human trafficking
Advocates for trafficking victims say big events like the Super Bowl and events surrounding them are a “danger zone” for sex and labor trafficking and domestic violence.” 2023’s Super Bowl LVII will be played Feb. 12 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
Notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI
Here is a collection of notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI from homilies, documents, messages and speeches from 2005 to 2013, the years he served as pope.
Mary accompanies migrants heading north, pope says on Guadalupe feast
Pope Francis urged all faithful “of the pilgrim church in the Americas” to take part in the preparations for the celebration of the Fifth Centennial of the Guadalupian Apparition in 2031, which begins with the Guadalupian Intercontinental Novena Dec. 12, 2022.
Bishops say Spain trying to ‘dismantle the Christian worldview’
Spain’s Catholic bishops are warning of growing division and tension in their country over government attempts to “deconstruct and dismantle the Christian worldview.”
Mary, Undoer of Knots seen as offering hope amid tangled reality of pandemic
As Sister Carrie Link created the icon, Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, it gave hope that Mary will bring people to freedom and harmony.
Hong Kong bishop reminds people that all involved in protests are human
As protests pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realization that all are humans and not “cockroaches or dogs.”
Ask Father Tom: Beyond the fourth of July fireworks
True freedom for Catholics requires responsibility.