Living out and proclaiming the Gospel are inseparable aspects at the heart of an authentically Christian life and witness, Pope Francis said in his message for World Mission Sunday. "Every Christian is called to be a ...
All Christians are called to be missionaries, which at its most basic level involves living in such a way that other people ask what motivates their love and concern, Pope Francis said. "Jesus asks us all, ...
A U.S.-founded religious order dedicated to serving the spiritually abandoned and empowering the laity, the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity, turned 100 this year. In the early 1900s, Father Thomas Augustine Judge, born to ...
Seeing an increase in violence, drug abuse, poverty and homelessness across Baltimore, Father James Boric, rector of the city’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore — ...
Compassion and a constant effort to reach out to others are essential elements of being "missionary disciples," even in the midst of a pandemic, Pope Francis said in his message for World Mission Sunday. "In these ...
The rerelease of a biography on the life of St. Junipero Serra, originally published in 1933, couldn’t have come at a better time. Recently, statues of the saint have been toppled or defaced, as Serra ...
Pope Francis met with Father Pierluigi Maccalli, a member of the Society of African Missions, who was freed more than two years after he was kidnapped in Niger. "It was a very, very beautiful meeting. I ...
Despite the limitations caused by COVID-19, the Franciscans of the Eucharist in Chicago at the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels are undeterred in their mission to meet the needs of the poor in ...
As the coronavirus has caused normal gatherings for prayer, sacraments and fellowship to be suspended or sharply limited across the U.S., the Fellowship of Catholic University Students has temporarily shifted its mission and outreach to ...
About 100 ordinations were scheduled to occur this year in the nation's 87 mission dioceses supported by Catholic Extension, but the coronavirus has changed everything and left a cloud of uncertainty. Dioceses around the U.S. ...
Caritas has assisted more than 1.2 million people in Ukraine, leaders say
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Caritas has assisted more than 1.2 million people in Ukraine, leaders say
Facing the trauma of conflict requires love and hope, and Caritas has been hard at work sharing this "medicine" ...
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Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo
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Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo
Several U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after reports of a May 14 ...
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