ARLINGTON — The pontiff’s message for this year’s World Mission Sunday, “Go and invite everyone to the banquet” (Mt. 22:9), emphasizes the Church’s primary task to become disciples of Jesus Christ and extend this invitation to the whole world.
FORT WORTH — It's a Catholic tradition longstanding, the White Coat Mass, occurring each year on or near the Oct. 18 Feast Day of St. Luke, the patron of physicians, surgeons, and all health care workers.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A world that has become "heartless" and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open themselves up to Christ's infinite love, Pope Francis wrote.
In the previous edition we looked at the rise of the Catholic faith in Ireland from the arrival of St. Patrick in the fifth century to the persecutions of the 18th century.
From the Editor's Desk...
From the moment we’re born and baptized to the very end of our days, Christ is with us. In this issue, see how Catholics, reborn in Christ, strive to do His will, whether that means working as an end-of-life doula, celebrating a saint’s intercession, serving His Body to the homebound, or receiving the gift of baptism.