Pope Francis at Synod closing Mass: To reform the Church, adore God and love others
Bishops process into St. Peter’s Basilica for the closing Mass of the first assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 29, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA). At the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass, Pope Francis said that God’s love cannot be confined “to our own agenda” […]
Survey in Canada: Religious hospitals should not be forced to provide MAiD
null / nito/Shutterstock. Vancouver, Canada, Oct 29, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). The majority of British Columbians support the right of religiously affiliated health care facilities to reject euthanasia on their premises and to transfer patients re… […]
Pope at Angelus: By loving others, ‘we reflect the Father’s love like mirrors’
Pope Francis addresses nearly 20,000 faithful at his Sunday Angelus address on Oct. 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2023 / 12:05 pm (CNA). During his Sunday Angelus message, Pope Francis expressed that the love of God an… […]
ROME 23/10 – Day 29: This is day 302 of this year of grace
Okay… let’s do this. “Daylight savings” is over. 06:36 17:11 17:30 is the Ave Maria This is day 302 of this year of grace. There were/are 64 to go as I write and this day ends soon. Welcome registrants: SierraFaith … Read More →
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Christ the King (N.O.: 30th) 2023
Share the good stuff. It’s the Feast of Christ the King in the Vetus Ordo and the 30th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? … Read More →
Feast of Christ the King and the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sunday, in the Church’s Vetus Ordo calendar, is the Feast of Christ the King, there fixed on the last Sunday of October. It is customary on the Feast of Christ the King publicly to recite the Act of Consecration of … Read More →
Synod on Synodality 2023: Final week wraps up in expectation of summary report
Pope Francis among the delegates of the Synod on Synodality, held in October of 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 27, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). As the final week of this year’s gathering unfolds amid increasingly contentious discussi… […]
Armenia nears peace agreement with Azerbaijan, says prime minister
Refugees load a truck in Goris on September 26, 2023, before leaving to Yerevan. A continuous stream of vehicles crept along the only road out of Nagorno-Karabakh towards Armenia, carrying tens of thousands of refugees now faced with an uncertai… […]
Adoration: An invitation to love, service and affirmation of human dignity
By Kimberly Baker As I reflect on how the church serves the world (by helping the homeless, providing education in schools, serving the poor, providing health care), I am struck by the powerful connection between service and prayer. No matter the type of service to which we are called, our effectiveness is only enhanced when […]
Cardinal Cupich on the synod, women deacons, giving bishops job reviews and why ‘LGBTQ’ was left out of the final doc
Exclusive interview: Cardinal Cupich on the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.