By Varghese Alengaden (This article was written by Father Varghese Alengaden on March 2, a day before his hospitalization for heart surgery. “If anything, unexpected happens to me during the surgery, let this be my message to the Church and all who have worked with me,” he wrote in hisContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on May 1 will lead a rosary to begin a month-long prayer marathon for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pope’s rosary will be broadcast live from the Gregorian Chapel of St. Peter’s Basilica at 6 p.m. Rome time on May 1. Situated directly toContinue Reading
By Gerard O’Connell Rome: In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, something new is underway in Rome, with the help of the Society of Jesus, and it is the Program for Discerning Leadership. It aims to build the capacity of senior church leaders, including officials of the Roman Curia, generalContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal at the end of his Wednesday general audience. The statue will soon begin to travel around Italy as part of an evangelization initiative by the Vincentian Congregation of the Mission. The pope met withContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis called for the laity to “take a step forward” in carrying out the Church’s mission of evangelization in a preface to a book written by an Italian bishop. “The time is now. The mission of the laity is not a privilege of a few and itContinue Reading
Rome: The nuns of the Order of Preachers, known as the Dominican nuns, have launched their first official international website, MonialesOP. The site is the first of its kind to be completely dedicated to the Dominican nuns, who represent approximately 2,500 sisters in 190 monasteries, across five continents. While theyContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 5, 2020: A priest in India who is also a professionally trained chef has gained a new audience during the coronavirus lockdown. Father Warner D’Souza, who heads St Jude’s Church in Mumbai, told Crux “people want food recipes and I want to share Jesus.” The priest’sContinue Reading
Crown Heights, September 10, 2019: Missionaries from the Institute of the Incarnate Word have been pounding the pavement this September to invite Brooklynites around St. Teresa of Avila, Crown Heights, and Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph’s, Prospect Heights, to church. The group of 40 religious brothers and sisters, most of themContinue Reading
Archbishop D’Souza led the Church to respond to the Bhopal gas tragedyContinue Reading
Los Angeles: When asked in a new interview what specific mission he has for the laity, Pope Francis responded with a frequent appeal: to go outside of oneself and take risks in evangelizing, rather than staying stuffed up at home while the moths move in. “Sometimes I think the best businessContinue Reading
