APRIL 9 THIS YEAR IN ROME will see the beatification of two of the young shepherds who, in 1917, saw a vision of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal. They are Jacinta and...
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 2, 1999, is known throughout the world as ‘the friar with the stigmata’. In fact, he bore the visible signs of Christ...
Only a few hours before Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was forced to leave his home in the East Timor capital of Dili on September 6, 1999, I spoke with him by telephone. Thousands of people...
As the year 2,000 approaches, more and more people are asking, Will this be the end of the world? Various movements have proclaimed that there will be an apocalyptic judgement for the ways in...
Penance, in its traditional definition, means conversion from human ways of doing things to God’s ways. During his life, Saint Francis of Assisi passed through certain stages of conversion, common...
In his apostolic letter Dies Domini, the Holy Father states that Sunday is a day of solidarity, a day for fully sharing our love with others, and suggests that we invite to your table...
