Accepting an invitation from the Chinese government, the Holy See is one of a number of nations and organizations participating in an international garden expo in Beijing.

Cathedrals express our solidarity with the universal church: with those who worship in the cathedrals of Ireland and Italy, of England and Gennany, of France and the Philippines.

From 1977: How Catholic journals covered the perilous journey of Jack and Jill up that treacherous hill in 1977.

Our Lady knows exactly what it is like to stand by and see someone you love suffer and die. But Our Lady also knew that, somehow, God was with her in that time of grief. But we could well ask: Where was God yesterday in Paris?

We will continue to write our stories, in glass and in stone, perhaps, but also in how we live our lives with others and for others.