April 1 CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS
Pope Francis: Easter Message Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World)CWN - 9 hours ago
"Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, Happy Easter! Happy Easter! What a joy it is for me to announce this message: Christ is risen! I would like it to go out to every house and every family, especially where the suffering is greatest, in hospitals, in prisons. Most of all, I would like it to enter every heart, for it is there that God wants to sow this Good News: Jesus...
Pope Francis: Easter Vigil homily (full text)CWN - 16 hours ago
"Dear brothers and sisters,in the Gospel of this radiant night of the Easter Vigil, we first meet the women who go the tomb of Jesus with spices to anoint his body (cf. Lk 24:1-3). They go to perform an act of compassion, a traditional act of affection and love for a dear departed person, just as we would. They had followed Jesus, they had listened to his words, they had felt understood by...
Pope Francis at the Via Crucis: full text of remarksCWN - March 30
"Dear brothers and sisters,thank you for having taken part in these moments of deep prayer. I also thank those who have accompanied us through the media, especially the sick and elderly. I do not wish to add too many words. One word should suffice this evening, that is the Cross itself. The Cross is the word through which God has responded to evil in the world. Sometimes it may seem as though...
Good Friday at St. Peter's Basilica: full text of Father Cantalamessa's homilyCWN - March 29
Pope Francis presided at the solemn Celebration of the Passion of the Lord at St. Peter's Basilica on Good Friday. As is customary, the Preacher to the Papal Household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preached the Good Friday homily. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, but they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put...
Federal court: sectarian prayers at city council meetings are constitutionalCWN - March 29
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sometimes described as one of the nation’s most politically liberal appellate courts, has upheld the constitutionality of sectarian prayers at city council...
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