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 Leo XIV told seminarians. Also remember to listen to the “voices” of nature, music, poetry, the humanities and the cries of the poor, the oppressed…
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 Chinese Communist Party. “Not a Hope in Hell” is Dominican Father James Dominic Rooney’s 2025 book-length defense of eternal damnation — a Catholic doctrine he…
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 with public sessions and a formal business agenda, the special assembly was a retreat for the bishops to pray, dialogue, and strengthen one another in their…
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. “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a…
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. Political leaders have a responsibility to promote the good of the entire community, especially by defending the vulnerable, the marginalized and the poor, he told…
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 to the suicide bombing on the Antiochian Church of St. Elias in Damascus on Sunday that killed at least 22 and injured dozens more. As…