Anniversary

Archbishop Gomez believes the coming 500th anniversary of the Guadalupe apparitions offers “many graces and spiritual opportunities” for Catholics.

The commemorative year aims not only to remember a defining history event, but to honor the values that have shaped the Swiss Guard for centuries.

The Oct. 7-14 closed-door meeting of bishops, convened by Pope Leo, is focused on marriage and family.

Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi — friars; nuns; laypeople — mark the saint’s journey from life to death, his “Transitus” as it is …

The transformation of religious life “is part of a continual cycle — growing in some places, merging in others and coming to fulfillment in still others.”

Their legacy endures as a reminder that the Gospel is lived not through privilege, but through closeness to the people entrusted to the Church’s care.

“Know that the wider Church remains close to you. And that I carry you in my heart today and always,” said Archbishop García-Siller of San Antonio.

Blessed Rother was “a champion of human dignity who heroically laid down his life to bring the light of Jesus Christ to a people plagued by horrific darkness.”

In a noisy world, “Benedictine life proposes something different: a way of inhabiting the world with greater attentiveness, balance and humanity.”

“He shows the reasonableness of faith, how faith can help reason itself to become more fully rational, without falling into totalitarianism or arbitrariness.”