By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 24, 2023 / 10:30 am Last week, Cardinal Marc Ouellet handed over the reins of the Vatican’s bishop office to Bishop Robert Francis Prevost. Ouellet, 78, has led the Dicastery for Bishops — formerly called the Congregation for Bishops — since 2010. The transition marks …

By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Apr 25, 2023 / 14:12 pm Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Bishop Timothy Senior, an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, as the next bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Senior, who also serves as the chancellor of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, …

This is my last Shine On column for The Catholic Telegraph. I was running through my neighborhood over lunchtime during the COVID lockdown three years ago and praying about this column. I asked God what message He wanted to share with the world. There are more gifted writers and certainly …

202305 – little li fan template Little Li’s Monstrance Fan #MakingCatholicMemories Little Li is an unknown child martyr from China who was killed by a communist soldier while trying to receive Holy Communion. After Communist soldiers desecrated her church and scattered the tabernacle’s Holy Eucharist on the sanctuary floor, this …

Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager? I ask myself this question at least once a week. My oldest is only one year from entering her teens, and already I find myself trying, and often failing, to remember my own experiences at that age—maybe, it’s because …

Mayo es un mes de transiciones. Los niños celebran el final del año escolar y el comienzo de las vacaciones de verano. Los estudiantes universitarios regresan a casa o quizás comienzan unas prácticas relacionadas con su área de estudio. Las familias se reúnen para celebrar la Primera Comunión, el Día …

By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Apr 19, 2023 / 15:30 pm Thanks to a gift from Pope Francis to King Charles III, two pieces of the true cross on which Jesus was crucified will lead the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom’s coronation procession May 6. The precious relics have been …

In English, the word “suffer” has at least two different but related meanings, both of which are important for contemplating how suffering affects our spiritual and moral development. In the first, suffering imposes itself upon us, against our will or consent. In the second sense, we consent to suffering as …

Whenever I think of Mary’s joy, I’m instantly reminded of the Joyful Mysteries: the Annunciation, Visitation, Birth of Jesus, Presentation in the Temple and Finding Jesus in the Temple. As I meditated on these events, however, I noticed a pattern: her joyful moments were also surrounded by suffering. This is, …

But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them (Lk. 24:29). The two disciples’ request for Jesus to remain with them when they arrived at Emmaus was the theme of …