"The forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating.” #ElieWiesel

Apostolic Vicar: Even where humanity has lost its reason, we are to testify love - Vatican News The Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, Bishop Paolo Martinelli, OFM Cap., says that even where humanity may seem to have lost its reason and where ...

"Dear brothers and sisters, our task is to testify that love conquers." #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

Pope Leo XIV meets a moment of moral hunger - The Boston Globe Rising attendance and new converts reflect a search for meaning in a culture unsettled by politics and disconnection.

"Faced with the unbending immorality of our current political leaders, people are open to a voice that forces us to think about where the line between right and wrong should be drawn." #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/06/o...

"Easter brings the good news that although things seem to get worse in the world, the Evil One has already been overcome." #HenriNouwen

"We cannot continue to be indifferent! And we cannot resign ourselves to evil!" #PopeLeoXIV

"Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with a desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!" #PopeLeoXIV

Do not envy a violent man or choose to imitate any of his ways (Proverbs 3:31). #PrayForPeace #HappyEaster

"We cannot celebrate Easter without continuing to deal with the nights that dwell in our hearts and the shadows of death that so often loom over our world (2025)." #PopeFrancis #Easter

"In this we can glory: in our infirmities and in carrying each day the holy cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #HolySaturday

"I need of nothing more. I know Christ, the poor crucified one." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #GoodFriday

"Look long at the Good Shepherd, who to save his sheep, endured the suffering of the cross." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #GoodFriday

"It is the way of suffering, but also the way to healing. It is the way of humiliation, but also the way to resurrection...It is the way of hiddenness, but also the way that leads to the light that will shine for all people." #HenriNouwen #GoodFriday

"By washing our bodies, Jesus purifies our souls. In him, God has given us an example — not of how to dominate, but of how to liberate; not of how to destroy life, but of how to give it." #PopeLeoXIV #HolyWeek #LiveTheGospel

Pope’s April prayer intention: ‘For priests in crisis’ - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of April, and invites Catholics to pray for priests who are facing a personal crisis in their ...

“Good Father, teach us...to care for our priests: to listen without judging, give thanks without demanding perfection, share with them the baptismal mission of proclaiming the Kingdom in word and deed, and accompany them with closeness and sincere prayer." #PopeLeo www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are CITIZENS of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Period. End of discussion. #SaveDemocracy #PrayForAmerica

"Let us ask the Lord of life to deliver us from this death of war." #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

What Trappist monk Thomas Merton teaches us about resisting Trump Trump is an existential threat to our democracy. But what can we do about it? I am a 75-year-old retired priest with impaired vision. What can I do? Not much. But still, I can do something. Quite a lo...

"We Christians need to point out that this imposter is not a Christian. He is anti-Christian." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

"Faith is what a child has when its father puts out his hands and says ‘Jump!’ and the child leaps into space with the assurance that its father’s hands will not let it fall." #SaintOscarRomero

"At the Last Judgement, I will not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises...Instead, I will be asked: Did you feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the imprisoned?" #MariaSkobtsova #Martyr

Bishops, advocates march in El Paso to defend immigrants' human dignity "I will do everything I can to uphold the God-given dignity of every person in our borderlands community," El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told the hundreds of participants in a town hall meeting, march and...

"We are living in a time when cruelty is applauded." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/news/bishops...

"To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us." #PopeFrancis

"A Church that does not provoke, a Gospel that does not disturb, a word from God that does not irritate, a word from God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is proclaimed: What kind of Gospel is that?” #SaintOscarRomero

In this week's message, Father Jim is inspired by #SaintOscarRomero to ask "hard questions" for #HolyWeek that call us to prayer, discernment, and a penetrating examination of conscience. Now more than ever, let's pray and walk together! #LiveTheGospel ccgronline.com

"The people are my prophet." #SaintOscarRomero #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther #PrayForAmerica

"Even if the world turns a deaf ear to this appeal, we are certain that God will hear our prayer and the cries of so many who suffer. God wants a world without war. He will free us from this evil!" #PopeLeoXIV #MakePeace #PrayForPeace

Check out Brother Patrick's "Notes from the Hermitage" for Holy Week and join us in praying for this week's intentions! #HolyWeek #PrayTogether assisiproject.com/blog

Pope at Palm Sunday Mass: ‘Jesus does not listen to prayers of those who wage war’ - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV presides at Mass on Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, and reflects on Jesus as the King of Peace who rejects war and refuses to listen ...

"Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war." #PopeLeoXIV #MakePeace #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

"Jesus remains steadfast in meekness, while others stir up violence. He offers himself to embrace humanity, even as others raise swords and clubs. He is the light of the world, even though darkness engulfs the earth. He came to bring life, even as plans unfold to condemn him to death." #PopeLeoXIV

"Guard yourself, abstain from every evil, and persevere in goodness until the end." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel

The story of Annella Zervas: Examples of holiness needed close to home - Vatican News A 26-year-old woman from the state of Minnesota joins another 100 U.S. born men and women on the path to canonization as a century after her death, ...

“All of us have our part to play in living the Gospel of Suffering.” #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...