In an unprecedented video message, Pope Francis appealed to the world to put an end to hunger by supporting the Caritas Internationalis campaign, One Human Family Food For All. The campaign headed by Caritas and its member agencies aims to end world hunger by the year 2025. Join host Cheridan Sanders to learn about the ...read more

Prayer to St. John XXIII: St. John XXIII, Your simple and meek persona carried the scent of God & the desire of goodness was inflamed in the heart. Pray for us so that we do not limit ourselves to mourn the darkness but rather to enkindle the light, bringing Christ everywhere and always praying to ...read more

Here below is Cardinal Seán O’Malley’s Homily for today’s Chrism Mass at the Boston Cathedral. We gather for the annual oil change and tune up. The oils are the tools we use in the ministry we share, but just as important is our own tune up as we gather as presbyterate to recommit ourselves to follow ...read more

On Palm Sunday, April 13, 2014, in an unscripted, extremely moving, Ignatian-style homily, Pope Francis invited the crowd of over 100,000 people to enter into today’s passion story from Matthew’s Gospel and ask some very personal questions of our own roles in the Gospel story. Here is the Vatican’s official English translation: CELEBRATION OF PALM ...read more

Brother Emile first heard of Taizé in 1974 in his small hometown in Northern Ontario where there was not much to interest young people in Christianity. Accepting an invitation to visit the little community tucked in Burgandy, France, he rediscovered the Christian faith that had been part of his childhood, but that he had abandoned ...read more

Greeting of the Holy Father Conference on Combating Human TraffickingThursday, 10 April 2014 Your Eminences, Brother Bishops and Priests,Ladies and Gentlemen,I greet each of you participating in this Conference, the second such gathering held here in the Vatican to promote united efforts against human trafficking. I thank Cardinal Nichols and the Bishops’ Conference of England ...read more

L-R:  UST Director of the Center for Faith & Culture Fr. Donald Nesti, CSSp, UST President Dr. Robert Ivany, Keynote speaker Fr. Michael Czerny S.J. with Dean of UST Cameron School of Business Dr. Beena George  By Marion Fernandez-Cueto U.S. business schools, and Catholic institutions in particular, have been doing some soul-searching since the economic ...read more

By Katrisha Villarante What do the Eucharist, living to share the Gospel and May 6th have in common? Saint Francois de Laval, the first Bishop of Quebec. Born in France in 1623, Francois, despite family trials, became a priest and was sent to Canada. Living his vocation to the fullest, he accomplished many great apostolic ...read more

By Katrisha Villarante A Mother, Entrepreneur and Nun Saint Marie of the Incarnation, the most significant leader to establish the Ursuline Convent in Quebec. She was born as Marie Guyart in Tours, France in 1599. At about 14 years of age she saw that she could join the convent, but she sensed her mother did ...read more

François de Laval and Marie of the Incarnation Statement by the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops It is with great joy and thanksgiving that the Bishops of Canada welcome today’s proclamation by Pope Francis that the Universal Church recognizes Bishop François de Laval and Mother Marie of the ...read more