Tag: hope
Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 17 general audience: ‘We struggle to stop...
This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 17, 2025 general audience given in St. Peter’s Square.
Dear brothers and sisters,
In our journey of...
Crying out to God can be sign of hope, not crisis...
VATICAN CITY -- Crying out to God during moments of extreme trial does not mark a crisis of faith but can reflect an act...
The Lenten season, indeed all of springtime, is a time of...
By Erin O’Leary, OSV News
Lent gets its name from a word meaning "springtime," the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening...
Let Christ roll back our stones this Easter and lead us...
In his Holy Saturday homily for Easter 2020, Pope Francis called the church to hope:
"So, let us not give in to resignation; let us...
Never stop trying to find reasons to hope in these difficult...
"Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope" (1 Pt 3:15).
Six Jesuits in our...
Finding reason to hope amid the pessimism: Greg Erlandson
My father-in-law, Joseph, was a wonderful guy. An immigrant who passionately loved America, he was hardworking, honest and thrifty. He had a laborer's hands...
Advent is a new beginning for all — Effie Caldarola
It was a chilly March night in a small Midwestern town. Maybe it was windy, because in my memory the Great Plains are always...
Pope Francis denounces increasing violence against Jewish people
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis warned that violence against Jewish people, which reached a state of horror during World War II, is on the...
Spiritual ways to accompany hurting people
It ranks among life's biggest temptations. Confronted by a highly difficult, ongoing life situation that feels overwhelming, a call to surrender hope begins to...