Priest shares profound impact of recent border immersion trip
Father Joseph D’Amico, pastor of Saint Anastasia Church in Teaneck, recently experienced a transformative Advent journey related to the ongoing immigration crisis.
Category: National/International
MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity
The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity to focus on Creed
As Christian churches prepare to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will focus on affirming the Nicene Creed and its expression of the faith Christians share.
How to pray this year’s ‘9 Days for Life’ novena
This year, the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., is taking place on Jan. 24. Ahead of the march, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) is inviting … Learn More
SEEK25: Transforming college students’ faith across the Archdiocese of Newark
The SEEK25 Conference, an annual event hosted by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), had a lasting impact on over 21,000 attendees across three locations—Salt Lake City, Utah; Washington, … Learn More
St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks
More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it.
Cardinal McElroy chosen to succeed Cardinal Gregory as Washington’s shepherd
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, following Pope Francis’ acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, … Learn More
SEEK conference in DC features hope, healing and Eucharistic encounter
Why does God care about us and what does Jesus’ invitation to the rich young man in the Gospels to follow him mean for our lives? Thousands of college students … Learn More
Mary, not technology, is world’s hope, cardinal says at Holy Door opening
Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world would entrust itself to Mary, “the door to heaven,” at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on Jan. 1
Pope: Mary’s motherhood is the essence of Guadalupe
Reducing the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe to anything other than an expression of Mary’s universal motherhood diminishes the true essence of the iconic Marian devotion, Pope Francis said. … Learn More