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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis delivered the homily at Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday – Palm Sunday – the beginning of Holy Week, 2015. Please find, below, the official... Read more
by Br. Jess Matias, ofs The manner in which we live and endure our earthly lives, is almost always taken for granted. As if endurance were not enough. Life perhaps to not a few people, has b... Read more
(The Daily Beast) A big part of Pope Francis’ success? A soundbite strategy that appeals to multiple constituencies at one. In just three years, Pope Francis has taken the world by storm, an... Read more
By Ray Smith, C.M.F. Perhaps you have already been accepted to religious life or the seminary. You went through the long application process, the interviews, the psychological evaluations an... Read more
(The Daily Beast – Candida Moss) Whether hell is other people, a place, or just a bad date, it’s deeply ingrained in society’s collective consciousness. But why? Whether hell is an exp... Read more
A Purgatory of Purgatory? The word “purgatory” evokes in the mind of many Catholics a place of torment, a painful place of waiting where those who are already saved, yet not totally, await t... Read more
The author’s sonnet-patterned pieces were inspired by John W. Lynch’s “A Woman Wrapped in Silence,” a lyric narrative of Mary’s life and passion as a maiden and... Read more
The First Murder The Bible tells the story that sometime after being driven out of Paradise, Adam and Eve bore two sons, Cain and Abel (Gen 4). The elder was dedicated to agriculture while t... Read more
