BLOG: Fr. Raphael Ma, CR
Today on Perspectives, Pope Francis’ 2014 Lenten message, Queen Elizabeth to visit the Vatican, a big milestone in Washington and information on an upcoming event at Windsor’s Assumption University. ...read more
ByEzra Fieser Catholic News Service SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) — Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano of Managua, Nicaragua, joined his mother to listen to the public announcement that Pope Francis was elevating him to the College of Cardinals. Cardinal-designate Brenes told reporters Jan. 12 he “wanted to cry and to be grateful to the Virgin, ...read more
Tonight on Perspectives Pope Francis says a church without nuns is unthinkable And he meets with the Samoan head of state. ...read more
Read a brief overview of Cardinal Lacroix's life, his values, and accomplishments as Archbishop of Quebec City. ...read more
By Elizabeth Krump “What’s a Nun Run? Do you dress up as nuns and run?” Last year, new interest was generated in religious life among my single friends when a few of us decided to organize a Nun Run. The day-long event was an opportunity to visit local religious orders in Vancouver to get to ...read more
The week started off with a shocking theft, the recovery of the stolen item (in multiple installments) the announcement of a new book that is already getting a mixed reception, an audience with an American University, the announcement that several people are moving closer to sainthood….and it closed with the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of ...read more
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his dual roles as coordinator of the Roman Curia and chief Vatican diplomat, Cardinal-designate Pietro Parolin has said he hopes to imitate the joy and the simplicity with which Pope Francis has carried out his ministry. The pope announced Jan. 12 that Archbishop Parolin, ...read more
Today on Perspectives, Pope Francis’ sermon from daily mass and his condolences for victims in L’Isle-Verte, officials from the University of Notre Dame visit the Vatican, Ottawa holds a multilingual mass and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has a new smart phone app. ...read more
By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Since being named archbishop of Buenos Aires in March, Cardinal-designate Mario Aurelio Poli has shown similarities in the pastoral approach of his predecessor, Pope Francis. “He’s a lower-profile person, he listens a lot, talks little and is very friendly,” said Jose Maria Poirier, director of ...read more
  By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Archbishop Gerhard L. Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was the first Vatican official formally confirmed in his post by Pope Francis and will be among the first 19 men the pope inducts into the College of Cardinals. Pope ...read more