When Sister Michaela Rak opened the first hospice in Lithuania in 2009, she didn't know she would open a whole new world for palliative care patients in this post-Soviet block European country. "Dying is a very intimate part of...
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Set out with courage, pope tells Italian women religious
Despite declining numbers and sometimes a lack of appreciation from clergy, women religious are called to be courageous like the women disciples who discovered Jesus' empty tomb and rushed off to share the news of his...
Pope Francis’ Easter message
Philadelphia father makes a kneeling pilgrimage in thanksgiving for son’s death-defying recovery from cancer
"He said he's been a priest for 47 years and has never seen anything like that."
‘Keyboard warriors’ don’t evangelize, pope says, they just argue
Sharing the Gospel requires literally "going out," witnessing to the joy of faith in person and not just sitting at home, being "keyboard warriors" who argue with others online, Pope Francis said.
Holy Land spirals into violence amid celebrations of Passover, Easter and Ramadan
Israel extended a closure on the West Bank and Gaza until the evening of April 12.
Meet the artist who brings priceless icons back to life in Jerusalem
The first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Israel had just been declared in March 2020 when icon restorer Zarifis Zarifopoulos removed his shoes and placed a sturdy carton covering atop the traditional tomb of Jesus. In the...
As Trump pleads not guilty, Catholic experts weigh in on impact of indictment on 2024 campaign
Former President Donald Trump was arraigned April 4, pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records associated with his alleged role in paying hush money to an adult film actress in the closing...
Easter message 2023
Christ bursts from his tomb, to the fright and dread of the soldiers keeping guard. May this Eastertide bring you renewed confidence in the power of life over death, and sustain you in Christian hope. + Joseph F...
High school chaplains offer ‘ministry of presence’
"These have been the best four years of my life."