February 28, 2018, Wednesday "The first Christian altar was the Cross." —Pope Francis, in his catechesis on the liturgy during his Wednesday General Audience today in Rome “Thus, the lives of the faithful, their suffering, their prayer, their work, are united to those of Christ and to his total offering, and in this way they take [...]
February 27, 2018, Tuesday “I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that, if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great, indeed, we [...]
Lord Ahmad met with top Vatican officials and addressed a conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University ‘Why it matters to be intolerant of intolerance’ was the title of a conference held at Rome’s Gregorian University this week, highlighting the need for closer cooperation in the fight against violent extremism. cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.750.422 (1)Key speakers at the event were [...]
February 26, 2018, Monday “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” —Gospel of John, Chapter 1, Verse 1 "There will never be another God, Trypho, and there has been no other since the world began… than He who made and ordered the universe. We do not [...]
February 19, 2018, Monday CNS/Paul Haring “So, do I think that the Vatican is selling out the Catholic Church in China? Yes, definitely, if they go in the direction which is obvious from all what they are doing in recent years and months.” —Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen, 86, Emeritus Archbishop of Hong Kong, [...]
February 4, 2018, Sunday "Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in manifold trials, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that is perishable, though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at [...]
Pope Francis meets in the Vatican with participants in a conference on ways of combatting religious violence Pope Francis met on Friday with participants at a conference on how to combat violence committed in the name of religion. In his address, the Pope stressed that every human life is sacred, whatever the individual’s ethnicity, [...]
Lord Ahmad met with top Vatican officials and addressed a conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University ‘Why it matters to be intolerant of intolerance’ was the title of a conference held at Rome’s Gregorian University this week, highlighting the need for closer cooperation in the fight against violent extremism. Key speakers at the event were [...]
The thought of death saves us from the illusion of being “masters of time.” At Mass on Thursday morning, Pope Francis’ homily focused on the reality of death. In his homily at the daily Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on three realities: “Death is a fact; death is an inheritance; death is [...]
