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09/16/2021

The pope made the comments while discussing the church’s absolute prohibition of abortion, which, Francis said, is always the taking of an innocent human life.

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09/12/2021

09/11/2021

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (CNS) -- When the last days of August roll around every year, that's when the memories start to return to Thomas Damore. No matter the weather, no matter what he's doing, they come back. Even though 20 years have passed and the retired captain of the New York Fire Department now...

08/25/2021

“Hypocrisy in the Church is particularly detestable, and unfortunately there is hypocrisy in the Church, and there are many hypocritical Christians and ministers. We should never forget the Lord’s words: ‘Let what you say be simply Yes or No; anything more than this comes from evil,’” he said, quoting Matthew 5:37.

The pope said that hypocritical behavior undermined Church unity.

08/15/2021

“If we forget the good, the heart shrinks. But if, like Mary, we remember the great things that the Lord does, if at least once a day we were to 'magnify' Him, then our hearts will expand and our joy will increase." // Pope Francis

08/03/2021

07/25/2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Try a little tenderness. That's basically how Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 73, summarized Pope Francis' vision for what older people, their grandchildren and friends should do to change the world after the COVID-19 pandemic. The cardinal, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the F...

07/23/2021

The shrinking number of diocesan newspapers and news sites is creating a vacuum for the ideologically unscrupulous.

https://catholicphilly.com/2021/07/commentaries/avoid-the-rotten-fruit-of-our-digital-age/

See Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral note on communication here:
https://tinyurl.com/2h9eaxcx

Catholics are being misinformed -- and lied to -- as the shrinking number of diocesan newspapers and news sites is creating a vacuum for the ideologically unscrupulous, warns Greg Erlandson.

07/15/2021

The mere act of lifting the dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation as the coronavirus pandemic eases won’t be enough to get Catholics to come back to church, and some dioceses and Catholics are actively working to bring people back.

Has your parish been reaching out to people during the pandemic?

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The mere act of lifting the dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation as the coronavirus pandemic eases won't be enough to get Catholics to come back to church, and some dioceses and Catholics are actively working to bring people back. "Just opening our doors and waiting for f...

07/04/2021

Please pray for the Holy Father.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis was hospitalized July 4 and underwent surgery on his sigmoid colon, the lowest part of the large intestine, the Vatican press office said. "The Holy Father reacted well to the surgery, which was conducted under general anesthesia," the press office said in a note i...

06/20/2021

This Father's Day, we implore St. Joseph's intercession for all our earthly and spiritual fathers and grandfathers. May they be strengthened and inspired to live lives of courage and fidelity to the Gospel and may God protect them from every snare of the enemy. Amen.

06/18/2021

The U.S. bishops approved by a wide margin a plan to draft a document to examine the "meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church" following a lengthy debate during their spring general assembly. The action to move forward passed with 168 votes in favor and 55 votes against it. There were six...

06/13/2021

Curious about Parish Share donations in Pittsburgh? This report examines how annual diocesan appeals are trending in several dioceses. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/have-catholics-decreased-giving-to

A Pillar special report

06/11/2021

05/25/2021

Pope Francis challenged the Vatican’s own media employees Monday to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news as he visited the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around the world combined.

He has vowed not to fire anyone to offset the economic crisis created by COVID-19 and the pandemic-related shuttering of one of the Holy See’s main sources of revenue, ticket sales from the Vatican Museums.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis challenged the Vatican’s own media employees Monday to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news as he visited the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around the world combined.

05/20/2021

Who is ready for this? A Tour of Italy unlike the popular Olive Garden menu item. 😃

05/13/2021

In May 1967, Pope Paul VI visited Fatima, Portugal, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Virgin Mary's first appearance to three children there, and to mark the 25th anniversary of the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper provided timely coverage. Courtesy of Duquesne University's Gumberg Library.

05/11/2021

The rosary is such a powerful tool. Hail Mary ...