2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (242+ words) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Memory draws the past into the present. We know how powerful this can be on a human level. A memory " called up by a picture, story, place or whatever means " can move us to…...

20+ hour, 50+ min ago  (348+ words) Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for the victims of devastating twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela as the death toll continues to climb and rescuers race to save people trapped under collapsed buildings. Speaking to pilgrims gathered outside St. Peter's Square…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (603+ words) VATICAN CITY " With bishops leading the way, every Christian should help build unity in the Church and the world by putting Christ at the center and drawing others near while being attentive to their needs, Pope Leo XIV said. "Communion…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (400+ words) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Did you see any of the Winter Olympics? So, first, can we just pause for a moment and linger on that "thank you? Second, it was astonishing to see how many athletes cheered for…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1715+ words) The archdiocese's Bicentennial Jubilee Year is a sacred moment of reflection, celebration and renewal " a celebration of the past and carrying the Church's mission forward. Over the past 200 years, the Church in St. Louis has grown from a small frontier…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (521+ words) I've waited my whole life for this," she recalled him telling her. Only later did Marianne and her husband, Vince, realize how much his matter-of-fact response said about the vocation God was already planting in their only son. We really…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (589+ words) Most days, Gloria P'rez Jurado boards a bus in the city to a Drury Hotel, where she spends her shift cleaning rooms as a housekeeper. Gloria's job came at a moment when she was running out of the funds to…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (812+ words) Msgr. Michael Witt can't help seeing history everywhere he goes. Take his cell phone number, for instance. Someone else might read it as a collection of random digits. He knows it's the year that Canterbury became a diocese, paired with…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (338+ words) As the Archdiocese of St. Louis marks its bicentennial, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is one of several health care ministries that have played an important role in the archdiocese's history. Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital opened in 1956 under the…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (194+ words) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary, let's think about three things. First: celebration! It's fitting that we celebrate the birth of our nation as a great gift both to ourselves and to the world....