Led by a contingent of Knights of Columbus, more than 30 bishops and about 250 priests, deacons, and seminarians processed into the cathedral for the two-hour liturgy, with Archbishop Casey as the principal celebrant and Archbishop Schnurr, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., as concelebrants.
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Saying “yes” to God’s plan for one’s life does not mean everything will be easy, but it does mean knowing that God is there and will help, Pope Francis said.
During his second week back at the Vatican after a long hospitalization, Pope Francis continued to follow his doctors’ orders to stay home, avoid visitors, and keep up with respiratory and physical therapy, the Vatican press office said.
Good Shepherd’s family eucharistic adoration is a monthly initiative that provides parents of the Garland school the opportunity to visit the parish, to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and to share in fellowship through a communal gathering.
The Catholic Pro-Life Community has named Diocese of Tyler Bishop Greg Kelly, former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, as its 2025 Father Edward Robinson, O.P., Pro-Life Person of the Year.
The Catholic Church is a new and reconciled humanity thanks to the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the source of communion, harmony, and fraternity, Pope Francis wrote.
The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted for the first time a four-day event to promote the abolition of the death penalty.
In 2015, Pope Francis shared an urgent message with the world. Writing in “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” he said the Earth “cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her.”
Even when a person seems totally lost and unable to find a way back to God, the Lord is already looking for him or her, said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.
Over the past year, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Plano has seen significant — and unprecedented — growth in the parish’s Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. The growth has been “sudden,” according to Director of Faith Formation Bruce Baumann, who said that the program had essentially tripled its number of participants from the year before.