(See the readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Jean Valjean, the protagonist in Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables,” is convicted of stealing bread to feed his starving sister’s family. …
Since he lost his life, Franciscan friar and New York City Fire Department Chaplain Fr. Mychal Judge has been hailed as a hero, suggested for sainthood, and praised as a …
Pope Leo XIV sent greetings to Rome’s Jewish community as it prepares to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot in a telegram addressed to the city’s chief rabbi, Riccardo …
“Faith does not allow us to stop at remembrance,” Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York said in his homily at his first Sept. 11 memorial Mass since becoming New York’s …
A group of firefighters in New York City stand on the street near the destroyed World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) Editor’s note: This essay by …
Study Group 7 says bishops’ visits to Rome should be instruments of missionary conversion, communal discernment, and greater co-responsibility in the Church. About half of Nigeria’s bishops visit the tomb …
VATICAN CITY — For centuries, “ad limina apostolorum” visits — the periodic pilgrimage of diocesan bishops to the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul and their meetings with the …
Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand was severely damaged in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. Christchurch, New Zealand, Bishop Michael Gielen speaks with Colm Flynn on “EWTN News Nightly,” Sept. 10, …
Christchurch, New Zealand, Bishop Michael Gielen described the status of plans to rebuild the city’s earthquake‑damaged cathedral, with work likely to begin during the next few years. In an interview …
by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Lourdes – Just a few weeks ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, scheduled for September 26 and 27, excitement …
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