At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo invites the 15,000 pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray that “the roar of bombs might cease, that weapons might fall silent, and that a space for dialogue might open, in which the voice of the peoples may be heard.” Vatican News After …

by Dominick Albano I’d rather have one pair of hands put to work than a million pairs of hands clasped in prayer. Driving to school over twenty years ago, I read that bumper sticker on the car in front of me, and I’ve never forgotten it. The message felt more …

It’s Saturday, and I don’t know about you, but there’s a lot of chores to get done today. I haven’t figured out when I’m going to Mass. Looking at the calendar, it’s already the third Sunday of Lent, and I haven’t started. I can’t remember what I gave up. My …

ACROSS 1 St. ___ Diego 5 Celestial being 10 Increases 14 Trial fig. 15 Actor, of “Young Frankenstein” fame, who was a novice in the LaSalle Brothers 16 Group of birds 17 Marcel Marceaux 18 De Valera of Ireland 19 ___ du soleil 20 Overjoyed 22 Occasional 24 Is aware …

Staff Report Lent is a penitential season for Catholics preparing to mark the observance of Christ’s death on the cross, and on Easter his resurrection from the dead. For business owners, Lent is just part of the first financial quarter. For today’s Throwback Thursday, we go back to the late-1950s …

Emily Stimpson Chapman; Illustrated by Diana Renzina Reviewed by Sarah Rose Bort As I look at our tattered children’s Bible, memories of poring over its pages as a young girl flood my mind. Back then, the stories seemed almost like fairy tales—of promise-signaling rainbows, trumpets that break down walls, young …

Each year we can celebrate the way the liturgical year is divided. We have two regular seasons (Ordinary Time), two playoffs (Advent and Lent) and the championship games (Christmas and Easter). So, while the nation is waiting March Madness and filling out their brackets, we are in the teeth of …

Josef Otmar’s Work at Roger Bacon Chapel by Kary Ellen Berger When master carpenter Josef Otmar steps into his workshop, he does so with an unusual posture for a craftsman, one of listening. Silence, he says, is not empty. It is where God speaks and the work of Otmar’s hands …

Why do priests wear black with a white collar? What is the history and significance? Question of Faith | Fr. David Endres The colors of the vesture that clergy wear are diverse: from the white worn by the pope, to the bishops’ purple, to the black of diocesan priests. In …