Pope Francis

By Sarah Puryear This summer a Roman Catholic friend sent me a link to Pope Francis’s latest letter entitled Desiderio desideravi and asked me to...

By Mac Stewart At the end of his October 2020 Encyclical on “Fraternity and Social Friendship,” Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis referred to a figure (besides...

By Graham Kings Introduction The phrase “Electoral College” has been much discussed recently around the election of the new President of the United States of America....

By Matt Boulter Anyone who remembers Shadowlands, the classic 1993 film about C. S. Lewis, knows that Anthony Hopkins has an uncanny knack for portraying...

This post continues a series of essays on preaching from the perspective of lay people. Previous entries may be found here. By Neil Dhingra Perhaps the...

Let us pray as our Lord taught us to pray.

England's archbishops urged the faithful to continue in prayer and service to their communities through what may be the first universal suspension of worship gatherings in over 800 years.

The pope and the archbishop share a passion for peace in South Sudan, where 200,000 people have been killed in a six-year civil war.

Sometimes a strange word in a Bible reading or a liturgical text may be a stumbling block to one “almost persuaded” (Acts 26:28). We discover new things in old texts, or hear words intended for building up used only to tear down. Just how much time do we have to explain in an age of shortened attention spans and sporadic Sunday attendance?

The norms, approved by Francis and released April 9, were drafted and published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.