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St. Stanislaus Parish hosts talk on responding to ‘Laudato Si’
John Humphreys, a Catholic scientist and conservationist, will present a reflection on Pope Francis' encyclical at a free April 10 session at the parish in Lansdale.
Bishop DeSimone, friend of Augustinians, to receive order’s honor
The Augustinian friars will present the St. Augustine Medal to retired Auxiliary Bishop Louis DeSimone next October. Throughout his long and distinguished life, he has been close to the Augustinian order.
Lecture explores the career of American Catholic author Flannery O’Connor
The American Catholic Historical Society will host an April 17 presentation by Daniel Moran, who examines the author's rise to literary and spiritual prominence.
Long road to priesthood began in Vietnam, will end in Philly
Quy K. Pham left Vietnam by boat in 1983, frustrated by circumstances that left his seminary training unfinished. In the U.S., he found further frustration, but also a happy marriage. The widower will be ordained a priest next month.
USCCB president praises pope for ‘powerful words’ calling all to holiness
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo said he is grateful to Pope Francis for "his powerful, straightforward words" in his new apostolic exhortation on "the call to holiness in today's world."
With new document, pope shows holiness is for everyone, speakers say
"The pope wants to tell us that holiness is not something else apart from our everyday life, but it is exactly our ordinary existence lived in an extraordinary way," said Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, the papal vicar.
St. Grandma? Pope cites the famous and the ‘saint next door’
"A great cloud of witnesses," he said, encourages each Christian to take steps toward holiness. "These witnesses may include our own mothers, grandmothers or other loved ones," he wrote.
The devil is a real threat to Christian life, not a myth, pope says
The path to holiness does not involve wrestling with some abstract boogeyman, but involves a "constant struggle against the devil, the prince of evil," Pope Francis said.
Selection of quotes from pope’s exhortation on holiness
Here is a selection of quotations from "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad"), Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on holiness.
To be holy today: Pope Francis writes of path to holiness
God calls real people -- who make time for prayer and who show loving care in the simplest gestures -- to be saints, Pope Francis said in his new document "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad").