May 2022

Pope Francis meets Bono at the launch of the Scholas Occurrentes International Educational Movement at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, May 19, 2022. | …

Karol Wojtyla with his parents. Photo courtesy of the Dicoese of Krakow. Over one hundred years ago on May 18, Emilia Wojtyla gave birth to …

Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 18, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis has changed the Church’s regulations to allow religious brothers …

Andreas Sturm, the former vicar general of the German Diocese of Speyer. | Bistum Speyer via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0). A senior German priest has …

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. (1927-2012). | Mafon1959 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Vatican Cardinal Michael Czerny on Monday described the late Italian Cardinal Carlo …

Photographee.eu/Shutterstock. The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Brenda King, has asked the UK Supreme Court to rule whether a ban on “influencing” women or protesting …

Pope Francis meets with members of Chemin Neuf Politics Fraternity at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, May 16, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis yesterday urged …

Canonization Mass on May 15, 2022 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA Today, Pope Francis declared 10 holy men and women to be saints of the Catholic Church …

Canonization Mass on May 15, 2022 Canonization Mass on May 15, 2022 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis on Sunday recognized 10 new saints of the …

Pope Francis meets with members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Dialogue Commission (ARCIC) at the Vatican, May 13, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis said …

Angels Unawares By Timothy P. Schmalz. The Church has been celebrating the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) since 1914. It is always an …

Charles de Foucauld. © Jean-Louis Zimmermann (CC BY 2.0) Bishop Paul Swarbrick, Bishop of Lancaster, introduces us to Charles de Foucauld, a former soldier and …

Cardinal Joseph Zen. | Iris Tong via Wikimedia (Public Domain). Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former leader of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong, was reportedly …

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. | Bohumil Petrik/CNA. The Vatican said on Wednesday that it was …

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 11, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis offered advice on Wednesday about how …

Returning to Mass at PentecostAn invitation from the Bishops of England and Wales This is the bread come down from heaven (John 6:58) A beautiful …

Migration issues in the UK In his 2014 message for the World Day for Migrants and Refugees Pope Francis wrote, ‘We ourselves need to see, …

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Regina Caeli on May 8, 2022. | Vatican Media The second Sunday in …

Pope Francis meets with the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in the Apostolic Palace on May 7, 2022. | Vatican Media Pope Francis said yesterday that the …