Thank you to Michael Paul Gallagher S J in Rome for sending this translation of the homily Pope Francis delivered during the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Jesuit restoration The Vespers service took place on Saturday September 27 at the Gesu Church in Rome You can read more about

ldquo Nothing like this has happened in Hong Kong before I rsquo m just praying that it won rsquo t become like Tiananmen the situation is similar in many ways nbsp We must pray this does not happen rdquo This is what Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun told me by phone from Hong Kong on the evening

Paypal founder discusses what it means to have 'faith in the technological future.'

Anointing of the sick reminds us we do not stand alone when facing troubled times.

Many Catholic dioceses are going through the difficult journey of merging two or more parishes into a single entity nbsp Usually after a long process of planning for the change the moment arrives for the parishes to give up their identity and form a new entity It is a heart-wrenching experience