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ROME (CNS) — Sent by his religious order to Hong Kong to share the Gospel in Asia, one Catholic priest’s missionary work is raising hell — but not with the …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Do not be afraid to grapple with your innermost thoughts, feelings and problems so that your heart can be filled with God and his compassion, Pope …

Readings for the Mass during the Day Readings for the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Reading I Jeremiah 1:4-10 In the days of King Josiah, the …

Readings for the Mass during the Day Readings for the Vigil Vigil Mass during the Day – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United …

Readings for the Vigil Readings for the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Reading I Isaiah 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands,             listen, O distant peoples. The …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The huge economic divide between rich and poor today is unacceptable with so much wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, Pope Leo XIV said. …

WASHINGTON – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered last week for a Special Assembly, June 16-20, in San Diego, Calif. Unlike the typical spring plenary that convenes …

WASHINGTON – “Sectarian violence, of whatever religious or ideological type, if not stopped, will derail Syria’s full integration into the community of nations,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, in response …

Reading 1 Genesis 12:1-9 The LORD said to Abram: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hours after the United States bombed the sites of three nuclear-enrichment facilities in Iran, Pope Leo XIV called the situation in the Middle East “alarming” and …