The church comes to the close of the liturgical year by celebrating the solemnity of Christ the King As Blessed John Paul II once reflected this solemnity is ldquo a synthesis of the entire salvific mystery rdquo The Scriptures we use are both triumphal and paradoxical In our first reading fr
Life will break your heart So will Jonathan Kozol rsquo s Fire in the Ashes It is full of life mdash messy disorganized broken and tragic and yes sometimes still full of joy and mercy and grace at unexpected moments This latest account of the lives of the other Americans who peopled K
Advent is a good time for turning vague regrets into conscious acts of love.
Inhuman Warfare; No PowerPoint, Please; From Roma, With Love
Blessed Pope John XXIII published “Peace on Earth” on April 11, 1963, in direct response to the Cuban missile crisis.
More than 500 people were killed in Syria during what had been proposed as a four-day ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The aim of interreligious dialogue is not to come to some sort of agreement on religious principles that everyone can accept, Vatican officials say.