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Pope Francis meets in the Vatican audience hall with staff, middle school and high school students from Padua's Barbarigo Institute March 23 , 2019. Answering questions from three of the students, the pope focused on how prayer, dialogue and passion should be part of their process of making important life decisions.

Prayer, dialogue, service are key to making good choices, Pope tells youth

VATICAN – When it comes time for young people to make an important decision in life, if the possibilities do not create excitement and trepidation, "it's better to go to bed" and think about it some other time, Pope Francis told middle school and high school students.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass outside the Sanctuary of the Holy House in Loreto, Italy, Oct. 4, 2012. The small house inside the basilica is traditionally venerated as the house of Mary, miraculously transplanted from the Holy Land.

Pope Francis to sign letter to young people at popular Marian sanctuary

VATICAN – The place Pope Francis chose to sign his letter to young people is an important and popular sanctuary housing the Holy House of Loreto.
Then-Archbishop Oscar Romero receives a sack of beans from parishioners following Mass outside of a church in San Antonio Los Ranchos in Chalatenango, El Salvador, in 1979. Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez, considered by many as the father of liberation theology, said he supports an effort to declare now-St. Oscar Romero a doctor of the Catholic Church.

Liberation theology co-founder supports declaring St. Romero 'doctor of the church'

WASHINGTON – One of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America said he supports an effort to declare St. Oscar Romero a doctor of the Catholic Church.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, is pictured after being made a cardinal by Pope Francis during a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 28, 2018.

Pope recognizes martyrdom of Romanian bishops, Italian missionary

VATICAN – Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of an Italian missionary killed in Myanmar and seven Romanian Catholic bishops – one of whom was secretly named a cardinal by St. Paul VI – persecuted during the communist era.
Bishop Felix Genn of Munster, Germany, swings a censer as he celebrates Mass during Catholic Church Day May 10, 2018. The German Catholic Church is "in deep distress," said Thomas Sternberg, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics.

German Catholics 'passing through a deep valley', says prominent lay leader

The German Catholic Church is "in deep distress," said Thomas Sternberg, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, the coordinating body of official German Catholic lay organizations.
This is a photo illustration depicting memento mori, a reminder of one’s death. A new devotional is intended to remind us of our mortality.

Memento mori: ‘Remember your death’

ST. LOUIS – We have one life. What are we doing with it? Are we remembering our death?

Pope Francis is seen during the Lenten retreat for the Roman Curia in Ariccia, Italy, March 10, 2019.

Corruption is a devastating cancer harming society, Pope Francis says

VATICAN – The constant temptation and cancer of corruption is one of the most devastating illnesses to befall society, Pope Francis said.
Members of a family react outside the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019. Forty-nine people were assassinated and at least 40 more are being treated for gunshot wounds following the mosque terror attacks.

Pope leads pilgrims in prayer for victims of Christchurch mosque attack

VATICAN – Pope Francis called on Christians to unite in prayer for the victims of two mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 people dead and dozens wounded in one of the worst mass shootings in the country's history.
A painting of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord found in St. Joseph Oratory in Mont Royal, Montreal.

God's Word on Sunday: Path to Heaven built with discipleship

Second Sunday of Lent, March 17 (Year C) Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28b-36

St. Patrick: The man and the legend

St. Patrick: The man and the legend

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated March 17, the day he died in 461.  In honour of one of the more celebrated saints, here are a few items that form part of the fact and legend of the patron saint of Ireland.

Our Lady watches over the horse-drawn sleds bringing building materials across the Rosary Bridge in this painting of the miracle of the ice bridge.

The year Our Lady froze the St. Lawrence

Anyone who has experienced the cold of a Quebec winter, where the wind whipping up the St. Lawrence Valley will chill the bones of even the hardiest of souls and it is a given that the mighty St. Lawrence will freeze over, can be forgiven for thinking a mild winter in this part of Canada is a myth.

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