Cardinal Cupich shares vocation journey with St. Andrew students

Cardinal Cupich’s path to priesthood did not include a “lightning bolt” moment, he told students at St. Andrew School, on Feb. 2.

Pope saddened by ‘huge loss of life’ after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Pope Francis expressed his “spiritual closeness” and “solidarity” with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6.

Arms trade is a ‘plague,’ pope says on flight back from Africa

At the end of six days in African countries bloodied by war and conflict, Pope Francis said that “the biggest plague” afflicting the world today is the weapons trade.

‘The future is in your hands,’ pope tells Congolese young people

The hands that will save Congo and build a future worthy of its people belong to the Congolese people, to each one of them, but especially the young, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis maintains momentum for renewal as synodal journey continues

The first weeks of 2023 have been a turbulent time in the Vatican. The death of Benedict XVI opened the door to a flurry of articles and books criticizing Pope Francis and his vision for the church. What makes these different is that they have been written by people who held senior positions in the Roman Curia and had worked closely with the pope. The few-holds-barred nature of the publications has surprised many in Rome, given the culture of discretion and loyalty to the papacy supposedly built into the DNA of the church’s central government.

Sinner and sage: Despite troubled life, Caravaggio mastered spiritual meanings

Considered one of Caravaggio’s best masterpieces, “The Entombment of Christ” was covetously confiscated by the French for its newly opened Louvre Museum as Napoleon swept down the Italian peninsula in the late 18th century.

Synod focus is listening to Spirit, not debating hot topics, cardinals say

The principal task of the continental assemblies and the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops in 2023 and 2024 is to learn and strengthen a process of listening as a church to the Holy Spirit and not to address all the issues being debated in the church, top officers of the synod said.

Look for the good

If all you ever look for are the bad things in life — things that make you afraid, things that make you angry, things that make you despair for the future of humanity — that’s what you’ll see. And, God knows, there are plenty of bad things out there.

University of St. Mary of the Lake to lower tuition for graduate students

Students pursuing graduate degrees at the University of St. Mary of the Lake will shoulder a lighter financial burden next year.

Pope preaches peace, cooperation, resilience to a Congo ‘gasping for breath’

The people of Congo are more precious than any of the gems or minerals found in the earth beneath their feet, yet they have been slaughtered by warmongers and exploited by prospectors, Pope Francis said.
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