Tag: Christianity

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop… Read More

People who are foreordained by Providence for great works in the kingdom of grace are conceived and born under God’s special care. God has often… Read More

My previous knowledge of Father Edward James Flanagan didn’t extend past a synopsis of the 1938 film “Boys Town,” starring Spencer Tracy and a teenaged… Read More

St. Faustina, born Helena Kowalska in 1905, grew up in a poor but devout family in Poland. When she was 20, she entered the Congregation… Read More

As the Israel-Hamas war expands into Lebanon, an agency of the Holy See has launched an emergency campaign to assist thousands of displaced families in… Read More

This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill. It is republished here with the author’s permission. One thing you will not hear during this political season… Read More

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday morning that she has chosen former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, a Catholic, to lead the city’s police… Read More

For years, Maria Tavares has attended the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual Mass for the immigrant community to show solidarity with fellow migrants and to… Read More

At any large church bookstore or site, you can purchase the Lives of the Saints—collections of stories about Christians who were canonized by the Church… Read More

Gen. 2:18-24 / Ps. 128:1-6 / Heb. 2:9-11 / Mk. 10:2-16   In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees try to trap Jesus with a trick question. The… Read More