Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, called on Catholics to observe Jan. 22 as “a day of prayer and ...

Sin is something that makes us unholy, wounds or severs ... of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, in accord with ...

As such, even in our prayer, we are reminded and affirm our belief in the Holy Trinity, the Divine Family of the living God. Even as the Lord Jesus was promising to send the Holy Spirit upon his ...

The Jubilee Vatican decree lists the corporal and spiritual works and presents many ways to put them into practice.

Since Mary has been given such a place in the body of believers, it is appropriate that we turn to her and ask for her ...

If you're going through something similar, there's a powerful prayer ... wounds in my heart, today, when it seems to me that love is not as good as they told me, I place myself in Your Holy ...

The first thing we need to do is open up our heart to the Holy Father and set aside cynicism and criticism. We need to embrace the Jubilee year with a spirit of childlike trust, just as Jesus says ...

January, the Bishops' Conference of Lazio approved the beatification process for Cardinal Bernardin Gantin. Father Augustin ...

Optional opening prayer: You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls ... The Sign of the Cross is made five times in veneration of the Savior's five Holy Wounds. On the large ...

Please forgive me where I have failed You or my child and provide healing to the wounds that have been acquired ... mercy, and blood of Jesus. I ask all of this in Your holy and precious name, Jesus, ...

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