In these first two weeks of Lent, we've begun a new stage of our Holy Year pilgrimage. We've seen human frailty and the glory ...

As in all things, when we read a pas-sage presented to us in the Lectionary from the holy Gospel, we need to place it into ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrates a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors accredited ...

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