Pope: Make sure confirmation is not last time parish sees young people
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church must put more effort into ensuring that the sacrament of confirmation is…
St. Edward Church embraces seminarians with new initiatives
byParishioners of St. Edward Church in Jeffersontown are developing relationships with the Archdiocese of Louisville’s seminarians with the help of its newly formed Vocation…
Host of new ‘The Rosary in a Year’ podcast hopes people ‘fall in love’ with the prayer
byBy Katie Yoder, OSV News A new podcast about the rosary promises to deepen listeners’ love of the Marian devotion and draw them closer…
Pope warns against becoming a ‘sedentary’ church after synod’s close
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a…
Vocation Awareness — Building a culture of vocations
byGod calls each person to a certain way of life or vocation. People may be called to married life, single life, vowed religious life…
High school students learn about respect-life issues, volunteer
byThis October, several Catholic high schools’ Respect Life Clubs spent a day outside the classroom to engage in service and learn more about efforts…
El Papa advierte del riesgo de convertirse en una Iglesia ‘estática’ tras la clausura del Sínodo
byPor Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Tres años después de que invitara a los católicos de todo el mundo a…
Sacred Heart encyclical hailed as a ‘simple and powerful cure’ to rekindle love
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure”…
Synod gave life to new way of being church, members say
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Members of the Synod of Bishops experienced a new way of being church and are…
Pope to open Holy Door at Rome prison at beginning of Jubilee 2025
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy…