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By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — What matters is the truth and the love that God sees, not what is superficial, showy and self-centered, Pope Francis said during a Mass …

NEW ORLEANS (OSV News) — When Thomas Neal, a professor of spiritual theology at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, reflects on the history and traditions of Lent, he sees …

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — About 10 years ago, Peter Piotti was anything but a fan of Valentine’s Day. “I hated it,” he admitted. So did his wife, Gae, who dodged …

(OSV News) — Byzantine Rite Catholics have been preparing for Great Lent since January this year. The Sunday of Zacchaeus, which this year fell on Jan. 22 (or Jan. 29 …

(OSV News) — The experience of the sacrament of penance in the Roman rite will be slightly different this Lent, thanks to approved changes in the English translation set to …

(OSV News) — Peru’s bishops pleaded for peace as violent protests against the country’s current president and legislature have claimed the lives of dozens of people. “We deplore the violence …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cardinals preparing to elect a new pope must strengthen communion in the Catholic Church, promoting a form of unity that has nothing to do with …

There are at least 15 cardinals who were born after 1965 — the year Vatican II ended — and the beginning of Generation X.

“What Franklin Roosevelt accomplished during his first 100 days has become the yardstick for measuring a president’s success or failure at the beginning of a term.”

“One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn’t respectable…You can find anyone in it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings.” — Dame Philippa …