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Homilies must help people reflect, not nap, pope says
Catholics need to read the Bible more regularly so they can better understand the Mass readings, and they need to be patient with the homilist, especially if the sermon is boring, meandering or hard to understand, he said.
Pilgrim pope: Benedict says he’s journeying toward God
In a Feb. 5, 2018, letter to a journalist from an Italian newspaper, the retired pope said he has diminished physical strength and inwardly is on a "pilgrimage to Home."
Grisez called ‘remarkable man’ whose work was ‘utterly true to the faith’
The late Germain Grisez, an influential Catholic philosopher, ethicist and moral theologian, was "a remarkable man" and a "very firm believer" whose faith "was unswervingly orthodox," Jesuit Father Peter Ryan said.
Cardinal Tobin: Christians must recognize humanity of immigrants, refugees
We forget where we came from, not just as the early Christian church, but also as a country, when early Catholic immigrants in the 19th century were treated and portrayed in the U.S. "as apes and drunkards and ignorant and threats to God-fearing women and children," Cardinal Tobin said.
Texas Catholic school sees power of prayer in remembrance of late teacher
During Catholic Schools Week, eighth-grade students at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Conroe, Texas, release a balloon rosary, after praying a living rosary in the school field in honor of Vicky Tannos, a former teacher who died from cancer in 2017.
Faith an essential part of story for real-life heroes of ’15:17 to Paris’
While on a backpacking trip in 2015 through Europe, their Paris-bound train was attacked by a terrorist and the three childhood friends were able to subdue him, saving the lives of the more than 500 passengers on board the train.
Two Mexican priests killed in ambush
UPDATED - Two priests were gunned down as they returned from Candlemas celebrations in a corner of Mexico rife with drug cartel violence and increasingly lethal for prelates.
Dominican priests to take over ministry at St. Patrick Parish
On July 1 the parish in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood for the past 179 years will be led by five Dominicans, who also have served in the Philadelphia Archdiocese since its start.
Cardinal commissions social ministers with tales of pope, martyrs
Cardinal DiNardo focused on Pope Francis' 2013 apostolic exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium" ("The Joy of the Gospel"), which he said was "a text dear to the heart of Pope Francis."
Parish throws Super Bowl party for homeless displaced by security
Because of a security perimeter around the Minneapolis stadium where the big game was played, a church-run shelter was moved to a nearby parish where 58 homeless people spent last weekend and enjoyed the game.