Proclaiming Holy Year, pope says it is time to strengthen and share hope
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — “The time has come for a new Jubilee when once more the Holy Door will…
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Jockey says Catholic faith crucial in dangerous sport
byBy Mary Rampellini, OSV News HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Jockey Keith Asmussen calls on his Catholic faith daily as he competes in the high-stakes…
Pope asks lay Catholics to prepare for synod’s ‘prophetic’ stage
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The most important outcome of the current Synod of Bishops on synodality is the synodal…
Faith, hope, love are antidote to pride, pope says at audience
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are the marks of a righteous individual, the…
Pope tells seminarians to integrate spiritual, intellectual lives
byBy Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Candidates to the priesthood must integrate their spiritual, intellectual and community lives so they become pastors who…
Faith and peace meet in papal diplomacy, archbishop says
byBy Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — The pope’s diplomats are men of faith located all over the world to uphold the pope’s positions on…
Last survivor of USS Arizona, dead at 102, is recalled for commitment to country, strong faith
byBy Kurt Jensen (OSV News) — By any measure, Louis Anthony “Lou” Conter, a Catholic hero of World War II who died April 1…
Cardinal: Vocation is call to happiness; right path is discerned in prayer
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At its most basic level, a vocation is a call to happiness, said Korean Cardinal Lazarus You…
In age of excess, temperance helps one experience real joy, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Exercising the virtue of temperance is not a recipe for a boring life, Pope Francis said, but…
Global group of priests to share reflections on synodality with pope
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hundreds of parish priests from around the world will spend three days praying and talking about experiences…