Unemployed due to coronavirus? There’s a saint for that.
St. Cajetan, the patron saint for the unemployed, knew something of poverty and pestilence.
Pope’s prayer intention for July: that families be loved, respected, guided
Pope Francis on Thursday releases a video message accompanying his prayer intention for July, which this month is for families that they be “accompanied with love, respect and guidance."
Virtual pilgrimage, concrete donation: Holy Land Catholics ask for help
Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, asked Catholics around the world to make a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land and make a real donation to support the church in the region.
Joan Roig, martyr of the “fight for Christ,” beatified in Spain
Joan Roig y Diggle, killed "in odium fidei" during the Spanish Civil War, was raised to the honours of the altar on Saturday.
Pope Francis: Ministries of lector and acolyte to be open to women
Pope Francis changes the Code of Canon Law to institutionalize what is already allowed in practice: the access of lay women to the service of the Word and the Altar. The Pope explains his decision in a letter to Cardinal Ladaria.
US Bishops call for universal access to vaccines on pandemic anniversary
A year on from the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bishops of the United States are calling for global solidarity and universal access to vaccines, recalling that the crisis has revealed our “powerlessness”, but also “our interconnectedness and dependence on God”.