Metanoia is deeper than repentance. It’s a wholesale turning around, a re-orientation of everything.

After a year in which we have already given up so much, one could be forgiven for asking: Do we really need to give up chocolate, too?

God’s forgiveness, offered also through our words and actions, enables us to experience an Easter of fraternity.

"The role of prayer and prudential judgment on behalf of all Catholics, but also especially, in a particular way, the shepherds of the church is so important."

The person who prays is like someone in love who always bears the beloved in his or her heart wherever they go.

Pope Francis today expressed his “live concern” at the recent developments in Myanmar where the military has seized power, overthrowing the results of the recent election.