Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Pope Francis meets elderly priests in a Roman parish

Pope Francis meets some 70 priests who have been ordained 40 years ago or more for a closed-door conversation at a Roman parish near the Vatican, and greets a group of primary school students and children attending catechism classes there. Read all  

Nursery Tales

Nursery Tales T he week before I gave birth to my son, I went to the library and checked out some novels. This was one of the last tasks on my list. I’d stored up diapers and blankets, hung paintings on the walls of his nursery. I’d packed my hospital bag with chapstick, toothpaste, and […]

Pope Francis: Do not abandon grandparents and elderly; remain close to them

Pope Francis presides over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on July 23, 2023, for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/EWTN CNA Staff, May 14, 2024 / 12:47 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday urged families around the world to remain close to grandparents and elderly family […]

Pro-life activist Lauren Handy sentenced to over four years in prison under FACE Act

Pro-life activist Lauren Handy listens during a news conference on the five fetuses found inside the home where she and other anti-abortion activists were living on Capitol Hill at a news conference at the Hyatt Regency on April 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Washington D.C., May 14, 2024 / 13:22 […]

Pope Francis: Do Not Abandon Grandparents and Elderly; Remain Close to Them

Pablo Esparza Pope Francis presides over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on July 23, 2023, for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The Vatican released the message ahead of the fourth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, which takes place on July 28 this year, in which the Pope […]