BRANDON VOGT Like many people growing up, I believed in God but didn’t have a strong personal faith. I didn’t pray much outside of church, except before mealtimes and in special emergencies. I never read the Bible on my own. I didn’t know it was possible to have a […]
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Geneva, Switzerland, Jun 21, 2018 / 11:13 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer of the Church, confirming a person’s identity as a beloved child of God, and reminding Catholics of the responsibility owed toward their brothers and sisters in Christ, Pope Francis said Thursday. “‘Our Father’: these […]
Many Americans say they fear public speaking more than almost anything, but some Catholics also have anxiety about speaking privately with a priest about their sins in confession. “Our sins only cause fear, confusion, division and harm,” said Father Mark Moriarty, pastor of St. Agnes in St. Paul. “God doesn’t […]
May 30th is the Feast Day for the military leader and Patron Saint of France, Joan of Arc. She had an amazing life, especially as a woman born in 1412. She led the French army to victory over the English at Orléans during the 100 Years War. Unfortunately, she was […]
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church in March 2013, becoming Pope Francis. He is the first pope from the Americas. Who Is Pope Francis? Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, […]
The Vatican’s history as the seat of the Catholic Church began with the construction of a basilica over St. Peter’s grave in Rome in the 4th century A.D. The area developed into a popular pilgrimage site and commercial district, although it was abandoned following the move of the papal court […]
How I came to speak Catholic Try to put into words why you’re Catholic, and you’ll find you’re speaking the mysterious language of saints and sinners. By Brian Doyle Recently a friend asked me why I was Catholic. I mumbled the first few reasons that entered my head—the faith of my […]
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — After months of study and discussion, the parishes of the Diocese of Rome have recognized “a general and healthy exhaustion” with doing the same things over and over, touching the lives of fewer and fewer people as time goes on, Pope […]
Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, who is head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands, has warned in an open letter that Pope Francis might be leading the Church to “drift toward apostasy.” Eijk’s major concerns were based on Francis’ refusal to clarify Catholic doctrine on whether the non-Catholic partners […]
Today is the feast day of St. Solange “St. Solange d. 880, Born of a poor family of vineyard workers near Bourges, France, she became a shepherdess whose beauty attracted the lustful attention of a noble in Poitiers. He kidnapped her, but when she leaped from the horse on which […]