Tonight on Perspectives: Prayers for peace in the Holy Land, Pope Benedict meets with the President of Benin, and the Holy Father’s message for WYD pilgrims. ...read more

For me, prayer is the surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. St Therese of Lisieux Catechism of the Catholic Church, page 673. CNS photo/Paul Haring World Youth Day evening vigil with Pope Benedict XVI in ...read more

The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: “All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks.” Catechism ...read more

Dear young friends, I greet all of you with great joy and affection. I am sure that many of you returned from World Youth Day in Madrid all the more “planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith” (cf. Col 2:7). This year in our Dioceses we celebrated the joy of being ...read more

One of the biggest questions of humankind is what happens after we die? Is there life after death?As Catholics we believe God is the ultimate judge of what we have done during our time on earth. He will decide if we go to heaven or to hell. The documentary Hellbound, directed by Kevin Miller looks at ...read more

The Vatican has released Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule for Advent and Christmas. He will preside over nine services between the beginning of Advent and the Epiphany. He will: — Lead an evening prayer service with Rome university students in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 1. — Pay homage to Mary on the feast of the Immaculate ...read more

One of the biggest questions of humankind is what happens after we die? Is there life after death? As Catholics we believe God is the ultimate judge of what we have done during our time on earth. He will decide if we go to heaven or to hell. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says ...read more

Published below is a translation of the address that Pope Benedict gave yesterday inside the Paul VI Audience Hall. This week, he continued his series of catecheses on faith. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Last Wednesday we reflected on the desire for God that the human being carries within his very depths. Today I would like ...read more

S+L’s Kris Dmytrenko has been walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Read his previous blog entries about the pilgrimage here. “All I have to do is walk”. This is what I told myself in the weeks leading up to my pilgrimage, as I imagined how simple life was about to become. The Camino de ...read more

It was in the early afternoon on Friday, August 17 that The Church Alive crew (Cheridan Sanders, David LeRoss, Sam Sorich, and myself) drove from Midtown Manhattan over to Hoboken, NJ to meet Msgr Robert Meyer of Saints Peter and Paul Church.  I had met Fr. Bob a few months earlier at the Path to ...read more