On February 22, 1922 Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti became Pope taking the name Pius XI. In 1926 Pope Pius XI instituted Mission Sunday for the whole Church. This day is a day set aside every year on the second to-the-last Sunday of October, for the Catholic Church throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the
St. Teresa of Calcutta, known during her lifetime as Mother Teresa, is best known for her work among the poor of the slums of one of India’s most crowded cities. Mother Teresa had high ideals and high standards for herself and for those in her religious Community, the Missionaries of Charity, but she taught that
The Asian Apostolic Congress on Mercy (AACOM) is a gathering of Divine Mercy devotees and promoters joined in by cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and laity. Participants have the opportunity to listen to speakers on topics related to the theme of the Congress. Enrichment through the first-hand testimonies and sharing from representatives of different Asian countries
Principles matter. Our decisions have consequences, whether on the individual or communal level. When we come to a fork in the road our decision to go either right or left takes us down very different paths. During spring of my senior year of college I took the written test for Navy flight school. Like McCain,
TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY! In announcing his decisions to declare a Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis said, “Dear brothers and sisters, I have often thought about how the Church might make clear its mission of being a witness to mercy.” Supporting the young churches throughout the world with your prayers and generous gifts
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Is 53, 10-11 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaiah Låo nina’maguf i Saina anai hineññu’ Gui’ ni pinadesi. Yanggin Ha nå’inñaihun i lina’lå’-ña para apas i isao, pues siempri mananåkku’ ha’anin-ñiha i famagu’on-ña, ya u makumpli i finu’ i Saina ginin Guiya. Sa’ put i pinadisi-ña
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church needs to communicate the beauty and intelligence of faith to young men and women without resorting to condescending and aggressive methods, Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles told members of the Synod of Bishops. A “renewed apologetics and catechesis” can help young people who are tempted to
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God wants couples to live out their marriage faithfully and not abandon hope when things go awry, Pope Francis said. “A love with mutual self-giving sustained by Christ’s grace” is what allows couples to remain united in marriage, the pope said Oct. 7 during his Sunday Angelus address. But “if individual
By Hannah Brockhaus (CNA/EWTN News).- A married couple striving to faithfully live out their life-long commitment to each other, need both God’s grace and love that is anchored in self-gift, Pope Francis said Sunday. “What allows married couples to remain united in marriage is a love of mutual self-giving sustained by the grace of Christ,” the pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even the greatest sinners can find a loving mother in Mary while those who are corrupt find refuge only in their own blind and selfish desires, Pope Francis said. In a book that was scheduled to be released Oct. 10 in Italian, the pope said Mary is unable to enter the
