Q: What scriptural basis is there for praying for the dead, for their repose, or for praying to the dead, for their ...
Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Communion, resigned Nov. 12 due to failures in dealing with a ...
Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, USCCB president, and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio ...
(This column is part of “The Light of Faith and Care at the Sunset of Life,” a series on the Catholic Standard website and newspaper on the Catholic response to end-of-life issues. This series is done ...
In 1918, when Benedictines in Minnesota gave Anna Cordelia Zervas her religious name, Sister Mary Annella, her mother reacted with surprise. “But there is no St. Annella,” she is reported to have said ...
Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to say “yes” to God’s plan for the salvation of the world, Pope Francis said.