Focus
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Sri Lanka, martyrdom, and the light of faith
May 02, 2019
The Easter Exsultet, sung across the world as the bombs detonated in Colombo, hailed the arrival of the “night in which Christ has destroyed death.”
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Pope Francis joins Paris in sorrow after Notre Dame fire
Apr 26, 2019
Pope Francis expressed his unity with the people of France following a major blaze at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, encouraging the rebuilding of the “architectural jewel” and “witness of the faith.”
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Five things to know about the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
Apr 26, 2019
Catholics around the world watched with horror as the roof of Cathedral Notre Dame was engulfed with flames.
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Saved from the flames: The treasures that survived the Notre Dame fire
Apr 26, 2019
When the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris caught fire Monday, most predicted the worst. It seemed unlikely the structure could survive, or that some of the treasures inside might be saved.
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Keep the Fire Burning: The Apostolic Exhortation ‘Christus Vivit’ (Part II)
Apr 19, 2019
In the fifth chapter of the exhortation the pope asks what changes about the way of youth when it is illuminated by the Gospel.
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After losing my eight-year-old son to cancer, I am not afraid of death
Apr 12, 2019
Dying is simply a journey from our life on earth to our eternal home. While I am eager to live, I am also eager to take the journey when God calls me.
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Keep the Fire Burning: The Apostolic Exhortation ‘Christus Vivit’ (Part I)
Apr 12, 2019
This is the first part of an article by Father Antonio Spadaro SJ that appeared in La Civiltà Cattolica. He is alive and wants you to be alive!
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To stifle one’s anger is to cut oneself off from God
Apr 05, 2019
Today we look at “Wrath”(Anger), one of the seven capital sins. Arnaud Bevilacqua and Violaine Epitalon speak with Lytta Basset, a philosopher and Protestant theologian.
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The Mind of Pope Francis
Mar 28, 2019
It isn’t easy to write an intellectual biography of a man who frequently asserts that “realities are more important than ideas.”
Sunday Reflection
Taken, Blessed, Broken and Given
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord. In today’s Gospel, we come upon one of the many accounts of Jesus multiplying food for the people.
