We tend to forget about Joseph after the Christmas season, but his feast day provides the opportunity for us to contemplate the influential role he played in the life of Jesus. ...read more

by Mark Matthews, Undercover Hollywood Missionary When Carlos De la Vega decided he wanted to become a filmmaker rather than an engineer, he didn’t let lack of funds stop him. A native of Nicaragua, he went back home and wrote a script that his people could relate to. The result was Los Gallos no Lloran ...read more

Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Christian Lépine, Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal as Archbishop of Montreal. He will succeed His Eminence, Jean Claude Cardinal Turcotte.  Born in Montreal on Sept. 18, 1951, Christian Lépine was ordained a priest on Sept. 7, 1983. He studied theology at the University of Montreal and philosophy in Rome at ...read more

He celebrated his first Mass as a cardinal with Pope Benedict XVI, gave thanks with his priests in Toronto, and now His Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins will go to the place where it all began for a special celebration. On March 22, Cardinal Collins will visit Guelph, Ont. and preside at a vespers prayer service. ...read more

Published below is a message from Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate for all of Ireland. In the Universal Church today, we celebrate the feast day of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. With great joy, on this, the Feast day of St Patrick, our National Apostle, I wish Irish people everywhere a ...read more

Are you in a spiritual rut? Is your prayer life mundane, habitual? Are you praying just because the Church asks you to? Are you really living your faith? How do you inject your spiritual life with new life? On this episode of Perspectives: The Weekly Edition, Pedro asks Ralph Martin, President of Renewal Ministries, how ...read more

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – Pope Benedict XVI’s former office – announced today it is putting it’s major documents on-line. The documents will be accessible through the Vatican website. Catholic News Service’s Rome Bureau has more details about the new site in this article. ...read more

This week on Perspectives: The Weekly Edition, Pedro asks Ralph Martin, President of Renewal Ministries, how to get out of a spiritual rut, and to also suggest some good practices to better live our faith. Join us for this discussion, tonight on Perspectives: The Weekly Edition at 7 and 11pm ET / 8pm PT. In the meantime, ...read more

By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service HAVANA (CNS) — The Catholic Church that Pope Benedict XVI will visit March 26-28 is, to put it simply, more. Since Pope John Paul II’s visit in 1998, the church is more unified, more public, more likely to work with the government in accomplishing specific goals, more involved in ...read more

Lent is a period of reflection, a moment all Catholics might use to look at their life and the relationship they have with God. You might ask yourself if you are doing your normal prayer just because your Church asks you to do it. Are you really living your faith? Try to look at everything ...read more