The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, is promoting a ”Dio-cesan Day of Unplugging” – intentionally eliminating screen time or time spent consuming digital media – on March 28 as a Lenten fasting discipline to encourage Catholics to spend more time with God as opposed to...
Addressing the Plenary Assembly of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, reaffirmed the Holy See’s commitment to fostering diplomacy as a means of conflict resolution. Speaking...
In a written message on March 25 to the Vatican’s commission for the protection of minors from sexual abuse, Pope Francis urged the group to continue to “keep watch while the world sleeps,” and to care for victims and survivors by listening “with the ear of the heart”...
Pope Francis’ convalescence continues at his residence of Casa Santa Marta with his continued treatment, mobility and respiratory-related physiotherapy, especially for voice recovery, personal prayer, and concelebrating Mass in the residence’s chapel. These were among...
Pope Francis sent his condolences to Church and civil authorities in Myanmar and Thailand after a powerful earthquake killed more than 150 people and caused widespread devastation in the region. “Deeply saddened by the loss of life and widespread devastation caused by...
