VATICAN CITY (CNS) — It is easy to believe one is the master of everything one owns, Pope Francis said, but often the opposite happens and one’s possessions “take possession of us.” “This is what misers do not understand. They could have been a source of blessing to many, but instead they have slipped into…
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church Reading 1 2 Sm 7:4-17 That night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said:“Go, tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD:Should you build me a house to dwell in?I have not dwelt in a house from the day on…
Reading 1 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19 David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David amid festivities.As soon as the bearers of the ark of the LORD had advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.Then David, girt with a linen apron, came…
WASHINGTON – The bipartisan enhanced Child Tax Credit agreement is “exactly the sort of policy” that Congress should prioritize, said Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, saying it would support the well-being of struggling families to lift…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With little fanfare, Pope Francis officially opened the Year of Prayer after Mass for the church’s celebration of Sunday of the Word of God. “Today we begin the Year of Prayer; that is, a year dedicated to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer in personal life, in the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A journalist’s reporting about the Catholic Church should not aim to polarize people or push certain positions, but to seek and share the truth, Pope Francis said. Journalists have an obligation to ground their work “on the solid rock of responsibility in truth, not on the fragile sands of gossip and…