3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (385+ words) The readings this week ask us to meditate on Israel's response to God's Word " and our own. Why do some hear the word of the kingdom, yet fail to accept it as a call to conversion and faith in Jesus?...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (977+ words) It takes a lot of patriotism to stand out at a Fourth of July event, but May Lau managed it. With a crowd of hundreds dressed in red, white, and blue, in a plaza decorated with balloons, bows, and even…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (480+ words) Two U. S. dioceses welcomed three new bishops this month with ordinations and installations in both the Archdiocese of Washington, D. C. , and the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. In Washington, D. C. , Cardinal Robert Mc Elroy ordained Bishop Gary Studniewski and Bishop Robert Boxie III into the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (317+ words) Nicholas Boccasini was born in Treviso, Italy, in 1240. When he was 14, he entered the Dominican Order, and after 14 years of study, he became a lector of theology, an office he filled for several years." In 1296, Nicholas was elected Master General…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (327+ words) Angelus News Saint of the day: Pier Giorgio Frassati St. Pier Giorgio Frassati was born on April 6, 1901, in Turin. His father Alfredo was the founder and director of La Stampa, an Italian newspaper, and held positions of power in politics....

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (1173+ words) The Vatican has declared the Society of St. Pius X to be "in schism" after the traditionalist group consecrated four bishops without the papal mandate, marking the most serious rupture in the Church since Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's unauthorized episcopal consecrations…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (430+ words) On July 4, 1776, as 56 men risked their lives by signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 19 missionary friars from Spain were facing danger daily in what was then known as New California. They had already founded five missions; two more would…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (706+ words) Despite a personal appeal from Pope Leo XIV, the Society of St. Pius X went ahead July 1 with the unauthorized consecration of four new bishops at its seminary in "c'ne, Switzerland, with Mass broadcasted live and thousands of faithful attending....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (753+ words) Ten years ago we took a risk." At the time, it was clear that the number of people reading traditional newspapers and magazines was declining and the cost of producing these publications " printing, paper, postage " was increasing." Many dioceses were…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (602+ words) Pope Leo XIV has called on all Christians to work together toward the celebration of 2033, when the Catholic Church will mark an extraordinary Jubilee Year commemorating 2, 000 years since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The pope expressed this hope…...