As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...
The regime at Our Lady of Silence will be removed from the austerities of La Trappe. The rules on diet, work and silence itself have been greatly relaxed although the monastic day remains divided into ...
On April 26th, a great procession was staged in which the ... “How beautiful she is!”. Pope Leo XIII, the next pontiff, had a copy of the picture on his desk so that he might see it constantly ...
The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Francis had suffered a “contusion” on his right forearm after falling at his residence that same morning. While the arm was not fractured in the accident ...
However, what was a maximum for his predecessors seems to have become a minimum for Pope Francis ... which he explains with great subtlety. His nomination as cardinal acknowledges a career ...
One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility, as seen in his decisions to live in a Vatican guesthouse and carry his own briefcase ...
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis, on Jan. 11, became the third pope to be given the highest civilian honor in the U.S. U.S. President George W. Bush (l) presents Pope John Paul II with the U.S ...