VATICAN CITY -- Praying for families around the world who have been restricted to their homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis included mention of victims of domestic violence.
"Sometimes there is domestic violence. Let us pray for families...
MUNICH -- In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a "worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies." He cited same-sex marriage, abortion and the "creation of humans in the laboratory" as...
MILLTOWN — Yard signs have become one of the more popular ways for schools to let their seniors know they aren’t forgotten. Saint Mark’s High School got in on the action this past weekend, distributing the signs during a...
BY FATHER GREG CORRIGAN
God’s Love Wants All of Me and You
How does one react to the news of a terminal diagnosis? Fear, panic, overwhelming anxiety? The devastation that is brought on when a person receives word that they are...
May is usually a month crammed with celebrations on our calendars. We rush between graduations, first Communions, confirmations, showers for summer weddings or babies, Mother's Day brunches and Memorial Day barbecues.
But now we find ourselves facing a very different...
VATICAN CITY -- Expressing his hopes for a vaccine against the coronavirus, Pope Francis also gave his support to an interreligious day of prayer and fasting for an end to the pandemic.
After reciting the "Regina Coeli" prayer May 3,...
VATICAN CITY -- Priests and doctors who gave their lives caring for the spiritual and physical well-being of others during the coronavirus pandemic are like Jesus, the good shepherd, who laid down his life for his flock, Pope Francis...
The biggest adventure of our marriage began just a few weeks after our sixth anniversary. Fueled by faith, dreams and a photograph, we boarded a plane to Beijing to bring home a little boy we had never met. He...
"Lord, give me strength."
This has been my mantra of late, every morning when I start to hear the first whines and cries from my 17-month-old around 5:20 a.m.
"Lord, give me strength."
My swollen body aches, my hips annoyed at the...
Meeting the spiritual needs of large groups of people is a significant ministry in normal circumstances.
Serving as a chief operating officer for those same large groups adds another element.
Doing it all without the benefit of personal interaction makes the...