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Father Gabriel Bakkar, a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, listens to a woman's confession during a block party June 13 at St. Crispin Friary in the Bronx borough of New York. The friars were celebrating receiving Vatican recognition as a religious institute of pontifical right. Founded in 1987 in the Archdiocese of New York, the community has 125 members ministering to the poor in the U.S., Honduras, Nicaragua, Ireland and the United Kingdom. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Confessors should seek to bring penitents closer to Jesus, pope says

Carol Glatz
March 14, 2018
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The pope spoke to hundreds of confessors and other participants attending an annual course on the sacrament of reconciliation

A woman prays at a memorial where well-wishers placed mementos as hundreds of students and parents arrive for campus orientation Feb. 25 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Attendance at the orientation was voluntary but it was being held in anticipation of the school officially reopening Feb. 28. (CNS photo/Angel Valentin, Reuters)

The day I thought a shooter was on campus

Emily Rosenthal Alster
March 14, 2018
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In a split second, the place that we called home could have become one in a list of many: Sandy Hook, Oklahoma City, Columbine, the World Trade Center, the Boston Marathon and now Parkland. It only takes one person with malicious intent to uproot and destroy lives.

Stephen Hawking is seen in London in this Dec. 16, 2015, file photo. Hawking, the British-born theoretical physicist, cosmologist and popular author died March 14 at the age of 76. (CNS photo/Facundo Arrizabalaga, EPA)

Church leaders praise Hawking for contribution to science, dialogue

Carol Glatz
March 14, 2018
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Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who said he did not believe in God, was still an esteemed member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and fostered a fruitful dialogue between science and faith.

Retired first baseman and Mount St. Joseph High School graduate, Mark Teixeira, raises a Bible during a March 10 talk at the Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference at St. Philip Neri Church in Linthicum. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Former Yankee star and Mount St. Joseph graduate headlines Catholic Men’s Conference

George P. Matysek Jr.
March 13, 2018
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Father Charles Canterna shared the powerful story of the conversion of a a convicted murderer who was the last person to be executed in Maryland.

A letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI to Msgr. Dario Vigano, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communications, is seen in this photo released by the Vatican March 12. The retired pope defends Pope Francis in the letter, which was written as a promotion for a book series titled, "The Theology of Pope Francis." (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Retired pope says criticism against Pope Francis is ‘foolish prejudice’

Junno Arocho Esteves
March 12, 2018
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On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended the continuity of the church’s teaching under his successor and dismissed those who criticize the pope’s theological foundations.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: St. Patrick Parade Mass

Archbishop William E. Lori
March 11, 2018
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Believing in Jesus, accepting his gift of self on the cross, means opening our hearts to his crucified love and allowing God the Father’s mercy to transform us from within, to rescue us from our sins – that is – the works of darkness, to open the eyes of our soul to the light of God’s truth and love, to transform us from those who love God half-heartedly into those who are truly disciples of Jesus and bearers of his love to the world.

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