What we saw last week was a passionate dialogue about how much the Eucharist means to my brother bishops. The love for the Eucharist and the gratitude that we all feel and want to share in meeting the real presence of Jesus Christ in holy Communion are powerfully unifying realities for the entire body of Christ. Important discussions about the details of conference process still won’t distract from the bond we share in Christ. As the dialogue and consultation continue in the weeks ahead, we will embark on them prayerfully and together. I hope we can serve as model for a society that needs to address difficult issues with greater civility.
Biden eliminates Hyde amendment from 2022 budget request AND U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Reacts to President’s Removal of the Hyde Amendment in Federal Budget
In response to extraordinary viewer interest in the newly beatified teenage computer whiz Carlos Acutis, EWTN is pleased to announce that the Network has designated June 1-5 as “Blessed Carlo Acutis Week.”
St. Joan of Arc Church in Yountville is celebrating its 100th Year this Memorial Day weekend. We hope you can join us for some of the celebratory events.
The official voice of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Santa Rosa. Its mission is to serve as a vehicle for the bishop to "speak" with the people of the diocese and for the community of faithful to communicate with and amongst one another.
On Saturday, May 1, the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco issued a Pastoral Letter titled, Before I Formed You in the Womb, I Knew You.
A Swedish scholar who studies China has called for the Vatican to speak up about human rights abuses by the Chinese government, noting that “dialogue on equal terms is not what is happening.”
At the end of December, Pope Francis announced that on March 19, the Catholic Church would begin a special year dedicated to deepening pastoral outreach to families, based on his 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia.
It is the time of year that we turn our thoughts to the holy Apostle of Ireland and the marvelous conversion of Eire wrought by St. Patrick and his successors.
St. Joseph does not have any words recorded in Sacred Scripture, but the published meditations of an 18th-century Italian nun offer the chance to imagine the details of the Holy Family’s daily life as it might have been from the perspective of the foster father of Jesus.
“It was a spring morning. I remember I was in the kitchen. There was lots of rubbish around the place,” he told CNA in an interview. “Just in the corner, I spotted a box of books. There was one book that was right on top of the pile. It was a really old book.”
