Ten Who Shine Catholics who showed us the good and beautiful in 2022 In this issue, we spotlight ten Catholic individuals who “made a difference” in 2022 –– and beyond. Five of them are members of the Catholic clergy, men whose ordination has deepened and broadened a life-long desire to serve Christ and their fellow [...]
Ten Who Shine Catholics who showed us the good and beautiful in 2022 In this issue, we spotlight ten Catholic individuals who “made a difference” in 2022 –– and beyond. Five of them are members of the Catholic clergy, men whose ordination has deepened and broadened a life-long desire to serve Christ and their fellow [...]
In 2023, many crises face us — war, the economy, viruses, vaccinations, human folly, human sin. So we must be vigilant — even more than we have been — to keep the faith and to fight for it and... for our civilization “The Lord comes to the world in a stable... because the word of [...]
UNITAS: Bringing Help and Hope to Christians in Lebanon Dear Friends, The last time I wrote in the pages of Communiqué, we were planning a Unitas: Come, Rebuild My Church pilgrimage to Lebanon with a few of our friends and supporters. As I write today, on October 19, the pilgrimage has already occurred, and it was [...]
Hymns That Remind Us the Christian Life is a Battle to Be Won By Anthony Esolen All Saints’ Day is upon us, and that means that Catholics in English-speaking countries may well be singing the mighty “For All the Saints,” the only hymn most of us have all year long that refers to the Christian [...]
News from Inside the Vatican A publication of Urbi et Orbi Communications The spark is becoming a flame The statue in of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, east of Beirut Dear Friends, Praised be the Lord Jesus Christ, who has brought us out of darkness into His Light! [...]
On March 25, Pope Francis, in a public ceremony in Rome, consecrated the world, and Russia and Ukraine in particular, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The central meaning: we should renew our faith in Christ... “Why does the West want to annihilate what it built in the first place? The real enemy of the West [...]
Lebanon Update “Lebanon’s Christians fought hard and for the most part successfully throughout their own challenging history, and at a great price in terms of blood and resources, to preserve what they could of their freedoms. The greatest service they could render to the rest of the region’s beleaguered Christians would be for them to [...]
News from Inside the Vatican A publication of Urbi et Orbi Communications Unitas: Come, Rebuild My Church Dear Friends, Many years ago, in conversations with Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, we were encouraged to work for the unity of Christians throughout the world, without any compromise of the truths of the [...]
The world can be a dark place, yet these are people who refuse to let the darkness prevail It’s been two years since Covid first came to international attention, and countless aspects of life have never been the same since. Yet, one thing that has remained constant is the determination of individuals to follow [...]
