(Vatican Radio) Two years ago this Sunday (September 24th), Pope Francis made history by delivering the first-ever address by a reigning Pope to the U.S. Congress . In his wide-ranging address, the...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday – the 25 th Sunday in Ordinary Time – focusing his remarks ahead of the traditional...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis praised the virtue and example of Blessed Stanley Francis Rother on Sunday, one day after the secular missionary priest originally of Oklahoma in the United States was...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the participants in the General Chapter of the Order of Cistertians of the Strict Observance – the Trappists – which is taking place in Assisi from the 6 th to...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday made a surprise visit to a Rome rehabilitation centre for patients with neurological diseases. A statement from the Holy See press office said the afternoon...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Crenshaw, Eastern Oklahoma Catholic By OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) -- If the martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Francis Rother "fills us with sadness," it also "gives us the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The latest version of a Republican measure in the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act must be amended to protect poor...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore Romano By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has endorsed an approach of "zero tolerance" toward all members of the church guilty of sexually abusing...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Archdiocese of Oklahoma City archives By Maria Wiering ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Retired Archbishop Harry J. Flynn was rector of Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Francisco Guasco, EPA By MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- A Catholic bishop and a Caritas worker in Mexico said the situation was extremely serious after the Sept. 19 earthquake, and much aid...
By Patty Knap | The first-ever visit of the United Nations Pilgrim Statue of Fatima to the U.S. capital last week reminded Washingtonians that politics demands principles, and principled leaders.
By Susanna Spencer | It has taken me a long time to get to the point of being comfortable with intentionally living in a smaller house with our potentially large family. There is that point after...
By Tom Hoopes | Sunday, Sept. 24, is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Isaiah 55:6-9; Psalm 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Philippians 1:20-24, 27; Matthew 20:1-16. In today’s Gospel, the Lord...
By Donald DeMarco | In the final scene of Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town, Emily is granted a special privilege. She is allowed to return from the grave to Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, and...
By Tito Edwards | The Lord’s Prayer–Sung, Chanted or Prayed? – Bob Kurland Ph.D., The American Catholic Send Mass Cards With Holy-Post.com – Thomas V. Mirus, Catholic Culture New Book...