Fr. Roberto Pasolini, Preacher of the Papal Household, delivers his Lenten meditation and reflects on the theme “The freedom of the children of God: Perfect joy and death as a sister,” recalling the ...

The Schuylkill Choral Society performed Johannes Brahms’ “A German Requiem” Sunday in St. Patrick Catholic Church. Dr. Mark P ...

As Lent ends, let's bask in silence and sit in a spiritual moment with God. This practice helps bring a closeness to the Holy ...

In celebration of both Catholic Sisters Week (March 8-14) and Women's History Month (March 1-31), for this iteration of the ...

The Sermon on the Mount, the setting for the Beatitudes in today’s gospel, was said by St Augustine (354-430) to be the charter of the Christian life. St Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) believed that it ...

The Pontiff echoed Cuban bishops’ call for ‘sincere and effective’ talks. Only God, he said, can truly call the poor and afflicted blessed, satisfy those who seek peace and justice, and give joy to ...

Early in my ministry in South Louisiana, I was pastor of the only Baptist church in a town of about 6,000 people. This was Jimmy Swaggert territory, and many ...

“Suddenly I feel old,” someone said recently. He may have been in his 70s, but what he meant was that he had recently lost his long-time partner, and about the same time he was having life-changing ...

VATICAN CITY — Artists and cultural figures must be “custodians of the beatitudes,” embracing their vocation to create beauty, reveal truth and inspire hope in a troubled world, Pope Francis wrote to ...

The interior of St. Peter’s Basilica is illuminated with special lighting Feb. 16, 2025, during a contemplative evening walkthrough of the basilica after its closure to the general public for ...