Articles by Courtney Mares
Pope Francis pens preface to US death row chaplain’s book on death penalty
Aug 19, 2024 / 14:15 pmThe pope personally penned the introduction to “A Christian on Death Row: My Commitment to Those Condemned” by Dale Recinella.
Pope Francis reflects with wonder on ‘the miracle of the Eucharist’
Aug 18, 2024 / 10:20 am“All of us need the Eucharist,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on Aug. 18.
St. Maximilian Kolbe’s weapon for evangelization: the Miraculous Medal
Aug 14, 2024 / 04:00 amAs World War II raged around him in Poland, St. Maximilian Kolbe fought for souls using a printing press and another weapon — the Miraculous Medal.
Lourdes baths have fully reopened as 30,000 expected for Assumption pilgrimage
Aug 13, 2024 / 09:08 amMore than 30,000 pilgrims are expected in Lourdes for the Aug. 15 feast day.
Vatican urges Iran to avoid ‘in any way’ escalating conflict in Middle East
Aug 12, 2024 / 10:25 amCardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, spoke on the phone on Monday morning with Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Pope Francis: True faith opens the mind and the heart
Aug 11, 2024 / 08:45 am“Brothers and sisters, when faith and prayer are true, they open the mind and the heart; they do not close them,” Pope Francis said on Aug. 11.
Eucharistic congress hears story of ‘the bishop of the abandoned tabernacle’
Jul 21, 2024 / 18:20 pmBishop Gerardo Colacicco, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, shared the story of the passionate Spanish saint during a homily at Mass.
National Eucharistic Congress ends with prayer for ‘new Pentecost’ for U.S. Church
Jul 21, 2024 / 14:00 pm“Those who choose to stay with Jesus will be sent by Jesus,” Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told the crowd of nearly 60,000.
Eucharistic congress ‘a moment of unity’ for the U.S. Church, Bishop Cozzens says
Jul 20, 2024 / 14:20 pmMore than 50,000 Catholics from all 50 states who speak more than 40 languages are at the congress, which features keynote speeches and Eucharistic adoration.
Scott Hahn urges priests at National Eucharistic Congress to ‘rekindle Eucharistic amazement’
Jul 19, 2024 / 17:55 pmDuring the first session with nearly 1,000 priests on Wednesday, Scott Hahn offered a retreat meditation on the biblical account of the road to Emmaus.
Catholics from across country meet in Indiana for National Eucharistic Congress
Jul 18, 2024 / 16:29 pmBishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, called the congress “a moment of unity” for the Church in the United States.
National Eucharistic Congress begins in Indianapolis: ‘We did this for you, Lord’
Jul 18, 2024 / 09:35 amThe Congress, which has drawn tens of thousands of people to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, is the first such event to be held in the U.S. since World War II.
National Eucharistic Congress to draw more than 50,000 to Indianapolis
Jul 15, 2024 / 09:00 amThe five-day congress will be the first National Eucharistic Congress held in the United States since World War II.
Relics of Carlo Acutis and 6 saints coming to National Eucharistic Congress
Jul 13, 2024 / 07:00 amRelics of Carlo Acutis, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Juan Diego, and other saints can be venerated at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis next week.
Pope Francis to attend ‘Miracle of the Snow’ commemoration in Rome
Jul 12, 2024 / 11:25 amEach year white rose petals fall from the ceiling of the papal Marian basilica in commemoration of a miraculous snowfall in Rome on Aug. 5 in 358 A.D.
Pope Francis meets Russian Orthodox Church’s ‘foreign minister’ at the Vatican
Jul 12, 2024 / 09:18 amThe pope met Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony at the Vatican, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, on Thursday.
Pope Francis tells AI leaders: No machine should ever choose to take human life
Jul 10, 2024 / 10:33 amIn a message to an AI ethics conference in Hiroshima, Japan, the pope underlined that artificial intelligence has implications for the future of war and peace in our world.
Synod organizer says Vatican doctrine office is studying women deacons
Jul 9, 2024 / 15:05 pmCardinal Mario Grech said the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is studying “the women’s diaconate” within the context of its in-depth study of ministries.
Pope Francis appoints new prefect of Vatican archives
Jul 6, 2024 / 09:05 amThe Vatican Apostolic Archive contains 53 miles of shelving preserving documentation preserving important documents for the Church dating to the eighth century.
Vatican releases schedule for Pope Francis’ two-week trip to Asia and Oceania
Jul 5, 2024 / 11:46 amAt the age of 87, the Holy Father is set to take on his most ambitious international trip yet to Southeast Asia and Oceania in September.