IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — The ask for baby items heading to the Holy Land couldn’t be more appropriate: “swaddling clothes needed.” The Gospel of Luke mentions, after all, that Mary wrapped the baby Jesus … Continue reading →

By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ 2019-20 Christmas season celebrations will include the usual liturgies and traditions. Releasing the pope’s schedule Dec. 12, the Vatican said he would: — Celebrate Christmas Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at 9:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what life is all about, Pope Francis told an international group of performers. “The time before Christmas calls us to … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis said she reminds Catholics of her true essence as a woman, a mother and a “mestiza” or person of … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Los Angeles By LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Mary, the Mother of God is “the mother of all of us,” Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said in his homily for midnight Mass celebrated at Cathedral … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world does not need more empty words, it needs committed, active peacemakers who do not exclude or manipulate, but are open to respectful dialogue, Pope Francis said in … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Joel Mason-Gaines, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Suzanne Brown-Fleming was on a track to the kind of career she wanted. After having been educated in Catholic schools in the Virginia suburbs of … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — There always will be martyrs among Christians in the world, Pope Francis said. Martyrdom “is the sign that we are on Jesus’ path; it’s a blessing from the Lord that … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Spirit Juice, courtesy Knights of Columbus By Andrew Fowler Jim Murray became the youngest general manager in NFL history without a family connection when he was hired at age 36 by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1974. Five years … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — As the bishops of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana began celebrating an early morning Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, the church was abuzz with activity and repeated banging … Continue reading →