Mary, the Saints, and the Universal Call to Holiness
Last week, the Church’s liturgical calendar invited us to celebrate The Solemnity of All Saints on November 1st and The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed on November 2nd.
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Reflections on the 16th Synod of Bishops: Embracing Synodality and the Mission of the Church
For the past several weeks, I have been immersed in prayer, attentive listening and dialogue as part of the second and final session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops that is being held here in the Vatican.
Mary, mother of compassion and tenderness
During the month of October, the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored under the title Our Lady of the Rosary.
Embracing Synodality, missionary discipleship
On Sunday, September 29, the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, the three archangels named in Sacred Scripture, participants in the 2024 Synod of Bishops arrive in Rome.
As holy men and holy women, we are all called to be saints
We Catholics believe that every human being is made in the image and likeness of God, and all of us—no matter who we are or what our personal history may be—are called to be holy.
Embracing the missionary call of Pope Francis to reach the peripheries
If anyone had told me when I was ordained a priest on June 1, 1978, that 32 years later I would be ordained a bishop, I would have assured them it would never happen.
We need to participate in politics for the common good
In this time of political uncertainty, it’s tempting to be cynical about the motivations and tactics of politicians and to want to disengage from politics.
Pastoral conversion and the missionary option
In his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), Pope Francis has some challenging things to say to bishops, priests and all who have pastoral responsibilities in the Church.
Pope Francis challenges us to pastoral conversion “in a missionary key”
In Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), the Holy Father invites us, as individuals and as communities, to a profound pastoral conversion.
God Walks with His People
In his Message for the 2024 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be observed on September 29, Pope Francis observes that “Emphasizing the synodal dimension [of Church life] allows the Church to rediscover its itinerant nature, as the People of God journeying through history on pilgrimage, “migrating,” we could say, toward the Kingdom of Heaven (cf. Lumen Gentium, 49).”