Pope Francis has named a U.S. Jesuit, Father Mark A. Lewis, to be the next rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Father Lewis, 62, has taught church history at the Jesuit-run university since 2017 ...
Msgr. Thomas W. Powers, vicar general of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been named rector of the Pontifical North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome. His appointment by the Vatican Congregation for Clergy was ...
U.S. Cardinal James Harvey, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, presided over a thanksgiving Mass to celebrate 100 years of Paulist ministry to the English-speaking community of Rome. After leading the opening ...
Managing editor Scott Warden reflects on why the Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter on February 22. The Church does not possess an actual chair used by the first pope. Instead, ...
Publisher Scott Richert recently had an experience in Rome that gave him a sense of being both within and outside of time, as only experiences of faith can: “Not for nothing is Rome called the ...
In 13 parishes in the Diocese of Rome, 280 volunteers over the age of 65 dedicate part of their week to visiting their older peers, helping them with shopping and getting them to doctors' appointments ...
After 20 years of restoration work and millions in funding from benefactors worldwide, the unveiling of the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in Rome was supposed to be a grand, celebratory moment slated for ...
Close to 30 masked men got off a bus at the Pontifical North American College Aug. 20, beginning a new student orientation that kept as many traditions as possible in a 14-day quarantine. The seminarians, from ...
Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the papal vicar of Rome who spent 10 days in a hospital with COVID-19, will lead a diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, in August. The trip, Aug. 24-27, is scheduled to mark ...
The loss of the papal states and the declaration of Rome as the capital of a united Italy 150 years ago was a "providential" event that changed the city and the church, Pope Francis ...
Be ready for Mass! Catherine Cavadini looks at the heroic sacrifice of St. Maximilian Kolbe & how his understanding of the Gospel moved him to give his own life for the sake of his fellow Auschwitz prisoner.
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Opening the Word: A loving sacrifice inspired by the Gospel
In Opening the Word Scripture reflection for June 26, Notre Dame professor Catherine Cavadini looks at the heroic ...
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Welcoming Supreme Court’s decision, USCCB leaders say it’s time to build pro-life culture
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Welcoming court's decision, leaders say it's time to build pro-life culture
Two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops hailed the Supreme Court's June 24 decision to overturn the...
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