“Christian Singer-Songwriter bringing hope to broken and weary souls.” That’s how Taylor Tripodi’s website describes her, and it is certainly true. One listen to her music, and your soul will be...
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? – Edgar Allan Poe The film, The Pale Blue Eye, opens with...
The cord of St. Joseph is a powerful devotion that grants special graces to those who wear it with faith. These graces will help you grow in your spiritual life. Delving deeper into the tradition of...
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope on March 13, 2013, during the season of Lent. Each year, during this season of the Church, Pope Francis provides wisdom and encouragement for our Lenten journey.
In addition to giving her life in service to God and the education of young people, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM is a March Madness icon. In 1994 she became the chaplain for the Loyola University...
Of the past five priest secretaries to former popes, only Gänswein remained in Rome with a Vatican position after the pope he served was no longer in power – and that was primarily to be at Benedict...
Italy’s Postal Police have arrested an unnamed 54-year-old man from Frascati for scamming an unemployed Italian youth and his father by promising to get the young man a job with the Vatican Gendarmes...
Though it may seem ironic that the Vatican should be launching its own shopping mall under a pope who’s a stern critic of the excesses of capitalism, there are some distinctive “Pope Francis” touches.
Pope Francis presided over a special penitential liturgy Friday, telling faithful to go beyond "the hypocrisy of appearances" and to humbly recognize their sins and failures and to ask God for his...
In a recent letter to Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Pope Francis recalled their historic meeting two years ago and urged greater collaboration among their communities in promoting peace and...
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A statue of St. Michael the Archangel is one of several opportunities for outdoor veneration at the Basilica of the...