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May 1: Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
St. Joseph has two feast days on the liturgical calendar. The first is March 19—Joseph, the Husband of Mary. The second is May 1—Joseph, the Worker. “Saint Joseph is a man of great spirit. He is great in faith, not because he speaks his own words, but above all because …
April 28: St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
On April 28, the universal Church celebrates the feast day of Louis-Marie de Monfort, a 17th century saint who is revered for his intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Louis-Marie is perhaps most famously known for his prayer of entrustment to Our Lady, “Totus Tuus ego sum,” which …
Survey of new priests: Most pray rosary, go to eucharistic adoration, parents stayed married
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Apr 26, 2023 / 12:00 pm More than 450 men are set to be ordained priests this year, and the survey of their ordination class shows that the overwhelming majority of priests-to-be were raised Catholic in intact families and individually showed habits of frequent church …
Vatican preparing text for divorced and remarried couples, Cardinal Farrell says
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Apr 25, 2023 / 15:50 pm The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life is preparing a document that will address divorced and remarried couples at the request of Pope Francis, according to the dicastery’s prefect, Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Farrell mentioned the in-progress document …
Once ‘papabile,’ bishop-maker Cardinal Marc Ouellet retires
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 24, 2023 / 10:30 am Last week, Cardinal Marc Ouellet handed over the reins of the Vatican’s bishop office to Bishop Robert Francis Prevost. Ouellet, 78, has led the Dicastery for Bishops — formerly called the Congregation for Bishops — since 2010. The transition marks …
Pope Francis names new bishop to shepherd Harrisburg Diocese
By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Apr 25, 2023 / 14:12 pm Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Bishop Timothy Senior, an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, as the next bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Senior, who also serves as the chancellor of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, …
Pope Francis gave a relic of the true cross to King Charles for his coronation
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Apr 19, 2023 / 15:30 pm Thanks to a gift from Pope Francis to King Charles III, two pieces of the true cross on which Jesus was crucified will lead the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom’s coronation procession May 6. The precious relics have been …
Offering Up Our Days
It was 11 a.m. on a Saturday morning and our son, Carson, was starting to wake up. As a 15-year-old teenage boy, he slept late every now and then, but that Saturday morning was different. Carson had been dealing with a severe eye abrasion, like a paper cut, from three …
Lawmakers rebuke Biden administration for ending military hospital’s contract with Catholic priests
By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Apr 17, 2023 / 15:55 pm Lawmakers are demanding answers from the Biden administration after a military hospital ended a contract with the Franciscan friars who have provided Catholic pastoral services there for nearly two decades. The Holy Name College Friary in Silver Spring, Maryland, received …
Only 30% of young U.S.-born Latinos are Catholic, study reveals
By Diego Lopez Marina ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 17, 2023 / 14:45 pm A new study from the Pew Research Center found that while Catholicism remains the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, the number of Latinos who identify as Catholic has declined by 24% since 2010, with …
