Readings for the Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest Reading 1 Numbers 11:4b-15 The children of Israel lamented, “Would that we had meat for food! We remember the fish we used to eat without cost in Egypt, and the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. But now we are famished; we…
ROME (CNS) — Addressing an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to forge genuine relationships rooted in Christ rather than ephemeral online connections that can reduce individuals to a commodity. “When a tool controls someone, that person becomes a tool: a commodity on the market and, in turn, a piece of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One of Pope Leo XIV’s early appointments was naming Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro to be the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. The 66-year-old monsignor is a bioethicist who earned a medical degree before entering the seminary, and he had served as chancellor of the academy since 2011 before succeeding…
ROME (CNS) — God, not AI, answers the questions that really matter in life, and God has an idea of the saint everyone is meant to be, said two U.S. bishops speaking at a national gathering in Rome. More than 4,000 pilgrims from the United States flocked to St. Paul’s Outside the Walls for the…
WASHINGTON – “I commend President Trump for acknowledging that starvation is happening in Gaza, especially affecting children, and I urge him to demand the immediate expansion of humanitarian assistance through all channels in Gaza,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. Bishop Zaidan’s…
ROME (CNS) — God, not AI, answers the questions that really matter in life, and God has an idea of the saint everyone is meant to be, said two U.S. bishops speaking at a national gathering in Rome. More than 4,000 pilgrims from the United States flocked to St. Paul’s Outside the Walls for the…