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March 21, 2018

Failing and succeeding and praying through Lent

I love Lent. I look forward to it. Going into Lent, I always have plans and ideas for how it could be an amazing journey.
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A monk in Mongolia: The historic journey of Benedict of Poland

The amazing adventures of Benedict of Poland, a Franciscan who accompanied a papal diplomat to Mongolia in 1245, were the centerpiece of an exhibit at the Polish Institute in Rome.
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Movie Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

While entirely free of the negative elements, the movie's underlying worldview involves an uneasy combination of secularism and magical thinking.
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Pro-life pregnancy center to open next to Planned Parenthood

“It’s definitely providential,” said Carol Clews, executive director of the CPC. “When we tell people in the pro-life community about this, their jaws drop. They are so excited.”
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Pope confirms plans to attend World Meeting of Families in Dublin

Receiving a delegation from Ireland and blessing an icon of the Holy Family, Pope Francis confirmed his intention to visit Dublin for the final days of the World Meeting of Families.
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Pope accepts resignation of communications prefect

After a very public controversy involving the use of a letter by retired Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Monsignor Dario Vigano as prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication.
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