2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (242+ words) Last night, I was at an old reliable daily Mass in town, at St. John the Evangelist in Center City. At the same time, not too far from Walt Disney World, the Catholic bishops of the United States were consecrating…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (200+ words) Their wish came true, and they were among the 40, 000 faithful gathered for Leo's prayer vigil on Tuesday. A security guard noticed their baby and handed him to the pope, who gave the crying infant a blessing. The guard came back…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (958+ words) Leo called Gaud's unfinished temple, one of the worlds most visited monuments, a "sign of unity and harmony for all of Spain," an ongoing building project like the lifelong journey all Christians make to find God. "We are all the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (801+ words) We say that one of the elements of the Sagrada Familia Basilica is that you never exhaust it," Turull said. I have spent the last eight years as its rector, and each day I discover something new." Each morning, Turull…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (597+ words) The celebration of Barcelona's Christian traditions, past and present, marked the highlight of Leo's weeklong visit to Spain. It has underscored how the country of 50 million, which experienced a religious crisis after its 20th-century dictatorship ended, still has plenty of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (822+ words) To mark the 250th anniversary the United States, Catholic bishops from across the nation will come together Thursday to consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The church service, part of the bishops" spring assembly meeting in Orlando, Florida,…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (582+ words) The U. S. -born pope received a raucous welcome at the Olympic stadium in Barcelona, the second stop of his weeklong visit to Spain that has drawn huge crowds despite the country's strong secular bent. The crowd, estimated at 40, 000, erupted in cheers…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (898+ words) But for many Catholics watching from afar " and especially non-Catholics " the highlight of the Chicago-born pope's seven-day trip to Spain will be his evening Mass at the Sagrada Familia " the Basilica of the Holy Family " commemorating the centennial of the…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (639+ words) Leo told Spanish bishops the entire church community should have an "ever more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of care." The Spanish hierarchy had largely dismissed the scale of abuse in their church for decades until a newspaper…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1275+ words) These rocky, remote outposts of Europe have struggled with the arrival of tens of thousands of mostly African migrants through some of the world's deadliest migration routes. Even as numbers decreased this year, especially in the Canaries, the issue continues…...