Wednesday, September 23, 20150253 Parishioners and visitors attending the predawn bilingual Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church in Washington Sept. 23 were urged to pray that the pope's words during his U.S. visit would have an impact. Pray that "all will hear his message and that this country will receive what he says: the message of Christ," said Capuchin...
Tuesday, September 22, 20150150A key task of a traveling pope is to confirm his brothers and sisters in the faith. For Pope Francis in Cuba, that ministry took on added importance as Cuba and its people stand on the threshold of potentially epochal change.
Friday, September 18, 20150124Arriving in the United States from Cuba, Pope Francis "will enter as a migrant" as millions of people have done before him, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Thursday, September 17, 20150401We simply cannot ignore the suffering of these brothers and sisters. Evil has happened in history because good people did not stand up in time to stop it. Sometimes we must all raise our voices in solidarity.
Thursday, September 17, 20150163Pope Francis is coming to town! Let’s pray for him and with him. We are about to have an encounter with a special man of God.
St. Paul’s continued relevance for our contemporary culture is evident in a beautiful passage devoted to an understanding of sports as an image for the life of faith: “Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? Run so as to win. Every athlete exercises discipline in every way....
Friday, September 4, 20150227A “simple weekday Mass” is in the works when Pope Francis celebrates the liturgy with 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden during his U.S. visit. “Simple” takes on a new dimension when the pope is the celebrant and the congregation clears security checkpoints hours before the opening notes of the entrance hymn at the Sept. 25...
Tuesday, September 1, 20150464An alumna and longtime educator at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School, Paniagua has worn many hats in her nearly 30-year tenure at the Dallas campus. As the 2015-16 school year gets under way, Paniagua has taken on yet another new role: principal.
Wednesday, August 26, 20150518Educating students has always been a never-ending, but captivating endeavor for Kaitlyn Aguilar that began after years of watching her mother Judy Kramer, an 18-year veteran teacher in Silver Springs, Md. After serving as the Kindergarten teacher at St. Mary of Carmel Catholic School, Aguilar took over as principal this fall.
Wednesday, August 12, 20150187Families need moments of rest and celebration, time for standing back and recognizing the gifts of God and how well they have developed, Pope Francis said. Celebrations are times "to enjoy that which cannot be produced or consumed, that cannot be bought or sold," the pope said Aug. 12 at his weekly general audience.
