Culture

In Mary’s month — in Joseph’s year — let us “Go to Joseph and Mary” By Mark Drogin Detail from Holy Family (the Doni Tondo) by Michelangelo Special devotions to Mary are observed throughout the month of May; our Blessed Mother appeared on May 13, 1917, to three small children in Fatima, Portugal. She [...]

By Robin Gomes In the hour of darkness when humanity is grappling with the pandemic and other ills, Christians need to take to heart the Easter message of the angel not to be afraid, assured that in Galilee where the Lord precedes them, their expectations will be fulfilled, their tears will be dried and their fears [...]

sPope Francis presides over Mass on Easter Sunday morning in St. Peter's Basilica at the Altar of the Chair, and thanks all those who worked hard to make the Triduum celebrations so beautiful By Devin Watkins Pope Francis uses incense as he venerates an icon of the risen Jesus during Easter Mass in St. Peter's [...]

Faith, said Pope Francis in his Easter Vigil homily on April 3, "is not an album of past memories; Jesus is not outdated. He is alive here and now. He walks beside you each day, in every situation you are experiencing, in every trial you have to endure" By Pope Francis Pope Francis celebrates the [...]

Reaction against Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith symptomatic of a larger problem By Jan Bentz Two young women at a demonstration in front of the Brandeburg Gate in Berlin. After months of internal tug-of-war among bishops and lay activists concerning the so-called “Synodal Path” in Germany, the fuse burned out and detonated vociferously [...]