Readings for the Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 2 THES 3:6-10, 16-18 We instruct you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who walks in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us. For you…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ trip to Asia and Oceania in September will be a trip of religious, economic and social contrasts. Visiting four nations Sept. 2-13, the 87-year-old pope will be making the longest trip of his pontificate, both in terms of distance covered and days away from the Vatican. Pope Francis plans…
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Monica Reading 1 2 THES 2:1-3A, 14-17 We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis asked Catholic legislators to be examples and witnesses of hope to young people who are bombarded with “messages of pessimism and cynicism.” “How important it is for them to see models of hope and idealism,” the pope told members of the International Catholic Legislators Network during an audience at…
Reading 1 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day. “I continue to follow with sorrow the fighting in Ukraine and the…