Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServicePilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion and praying for the intentions of the pope can receive an indulgence, but so can inmates in prison and those who work to defend human life or assist migrants and refugees.
How an adult film star fell in love with Jesus, quit her career and became Catholic
By Gina Christian, OSV NewsBree Solstad, formerly a top pornographic content creator, recently announced her conversion to Catholicism and her decision to walk away from her previous career.
Falling apart as an act of faith
By Leah PerraultNothing grows in a death grip, so dare to let yourself go
Several times in the last year, after speaking on grief and loss, I have been asked a question with variations on the same theme: What do we do when it feels like we cannot go on?
Mightier than the sword: Words are a Swiss Guard's best weapon
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceOne of the oldest military corps in the world, the Pontifical Swiss Guard, has always armed itself with the best gear available in its 518 years of active service protecting the pope.
Top Vatican cardinal says Pope Francis' reforms will continue
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceThe reform projects launched by Pope Francis -- reforming not just institutions like the Roman Curia, but attitudes and pastoral approaches -- will not be reversed, even though some may take different forms in the future, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Film a glimpse of Benedictines via stranger’s eyes
By Anna FarrowAt the heart of the documentary De l’autre côté is the unlikely friendship between the Brazilian-Canadian filmmaker Lessandro Sócrates and the cloistered nuns of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes, Que.
On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis prays people open hearts to God, quell all hatred
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceOnly Jesus can deliver humanity from hatred and violence, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday."Jesus entered Jerusalem as a humble and peaceful king," he said in brief remarks after celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. He prayed that the faithful would open their hearts to the Lord because he alone "can deliver us from animosity, hatred, violence, because he is mercy and the forgiveness of sins."
CCCB offers Lenten video reflections
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (CCCB) Journey Through Lent video series is back for the second straight year, its third iteration since 2021.
Taking time to reflect on Lent
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterLent is greeted by many as a time to curb the unnecessary busyness preventing them from experiencing a spiritual encounter with Jesus Christ.
Pope Francis says document on blessings makes clear that the Gospel is for all
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceMaking a list of which sinners are welcome in the church and which sinners are not goes against the teaching of the Gospel, Pope Francis told an Italian newspaper.
Pope Francis clears the way for the canonization of Canadian blessed
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServicePope Francis signed a decree clearing the way for the canonization of Canada-born Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family.