Priest in Mexico shot and wounded

Father Felipe Vélez Jiménez, the pastor of St. Gerard Maria Majella parish in the town of Iguala, was shot in the cheekbone right while driving his vehicle in Chilapa county, in the State of Guerrero, on July 28, 2022. / Courtesy of the Diocese … […]

Money, Vanity, and Eternity

Readings: • Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23 • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17 • Col 3:1-5, 9-11 • Lk 12:13-21 I know Christians who believe that people should be able to be as wealthy as they […]

Arlington Bishop Divides Catholics in the Name of Unity

On Friday, July 29th – one year and thirteen days after the promulgation of Traditionis Custodes – Bishop Michael Burbidge of the diocese of Arlington, Virginia announced severe restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass. This comes on the heels of our neighboring archdiocese in Washington, DC issuing their own restrictions. Though Wilton […]

Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities

IQALUIT, Nunavut (CNS) — On a stage designed to evoke a qammaq — a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone — Pope Francis again apologized to the Indigenous communities of Canada for Catholics’ complicity in breaking up their families and suppressing their languages. “I want to tell you how very […]

Highlights of the Pope’s visit to Canada in one minute

In this video, Vatican News presents highlights of the six days of Pope Francis’ 37th Apostolic Journey outside of Canada – a visit that took him across Canada from west to east and then north to the Arctic. Read all