Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to Members Of The Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See

Monday, January 9, 2023

Pope Francis

Read the full text of Pope Francis' homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the 55th World Day of Peace on January 1, 2022.

"My bags are packed and I’m ready to go."
10 Quotes from St. John XXIII

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Kristina Glicksman

Beginning today, the casket containing the remains of St. John XXIII will arrive in Bergamo & the town of Sotto il Monte for an 18-day pilgrimage. Here are ten quotes that give some insight into the great humility and trust in God that characterized his life.

Video of the Ceremony of Canonization for John Paul II and John XXIII

Friday, April 27, 2018

Salt + Light Media

Here is the video of the Ceremony of Canonization for John Paul II and John XXIII, presided by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on April 27, 2014.

The Final Lessons of John XXIII and Benedict XVI

Monday, February 26, 2018

Sebastian Gomes

The final lessons of John XXIII and Benedict XVI G.K. Chesterton once wrote: “It is of the new things that men tire… of fashions and proposals and improvements and change. It is the old things that startle and intoxicate. It is the old things that are young.” This was the paradoxical justification Chesterton gave for […]

Behind Vatican Walls: The Legacy of John XXIII

Friday, June 3, 2016

Alicia Ambrosio

CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo This week marks 53 years since St. Pope John XXIII died at the Vatican at age of 81. For most people, the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of the saintly pope’s name is the Second Vatican Council. Yet his pontificate and his priestly ministry left its mark on the […]

Remembering Cardinal Loris Capovilla, our link to a Saint and the Spirit

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Sebastian Gomes

We were once a Church of oral tradition. Long before the New Testament was codified, the stories of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection circulated the Mediterranean world by word of mouth. Chief among these evangelists were Paul and the twelve Apostles, who journeyed far and wide while facing enormous opposition and persecution, eventually being killed […]

50 Years Ago…The Closing of Vatican II

Monday, December 7, 2015

Salt + Light Media

Address of Pope Paul VI During the last general meeting of the Second Vatican Council 7 December 1965 Today we are concluding the Second Vatican Council. We bring it to a close at the fullness of its efficiency: the presence of so many of you here clearly demonstrates it; the well-ordered pattern of this assembly […]

Behind Vatican Walls: Angelo Roncalli

Friday, June 5, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

On the evening of June 3, 1963, as Mass was being celebrated in the plaza below his window, Pope John XXIII quietly passed away. He had been suffering from stomach cancer for some time, although his illness had only been revealed to the public in March of that same year. Still, he faced that final […]

Mercy: the greatest of all the virtues

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

Perhaps we should be used to the “element of surprise” in the pontificate of Pope Francis. He was at it again last Friday, March 13 on the second anniversary of his election, when he unexpectedly announced a “Jubilee Year of Mercy” to take place in the Church and around the world from December 2015 to […]

Freedom and authority: not just a church matter pt. 1

Friday, February 27, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

A perennial and penetrating question exists within the Catholic Church that goes to the very heart of its institutional being, namely the freedom of individual conscience vis-à-vis authority in the Church. In terms of expressing one’s conscience, the question might be put this way: what are the limits to public opinion within the Church considering […]