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…
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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…
Seek contact with nature to change polluting lifestyles, pope says
byBy Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Humanity must have more direct contact with nature to counter the modern lifestyles that are destroying the…
‘It will be breathtaking,’ Notre Dame’s chief architect says; iconic cathedral reopens Dec. 8
byBy Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) — Philippe Villeneuve, Notre Dame Cathedral’s chief architect, learned about the 2019 fire 300 miles from Paris…
Cultivate solidarity through prayer, adoration, pope tells donors
byBy Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s “growing culture of indifference and individualism” must be countered with prayer and adoration, which inspires solidarity…
Pope asks Bible scholars to highlight Jesus’ care for those who suffer
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the Bible, Jesus never explains suffering, but he reaches out to those who are hurting, heals…
Pope condemns culture that views people with disabilities as ‘burdens’
byBy Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s “throwaway culture,” driven by “profit, efficiency and success,” marginalizes people with disabilities and threatens their God-given…
Pope Francis grants plenary indulgences for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Congress participants
byBy Maria Wiering (OSV News) — Participants in the National Eucharistic Congress and related National Eucharistic Pilgrimage now have opportunities to receive plenary indulgences, Archbishop…
Everyone has the same human dignity no matter what, cardinal says
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s document on human dignity highlights Pope Francis’ decade-long insistence…