I join millions of Catholics and good people on planet earth to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on his historic election as the new ...

Like most people, Msgr. Joseph Prior watched the election of Pope Leo XIV with great interest. He noted how the people in Rome represented the diversity of the universal Church, a theme reflected in ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Standing beneath Michelangelo’s towering fresco of the Last Judgement, newly elected Pope Leo XIV delivered his first papal ...

“On this Sunday, we always hear proclaimed at Mass a passage from the tenth chapter of the Gospel of John,” he continued. “Where Jesus reveals himself as the true shepherd, who knows and ...

1) Divine Motherhood Mary's divine motherhood was proclaimed at the Council of ... Virgin" refers primarily to the conception and birth of Jesus. From the first formulations of faith, especially ...

Humanae Vitae does not identify the key problem of our day in the realm of sex or birth or "the pill," but ... The facilitator seeks to shepherd the group learning process and does everything ...

To be a good shepherd means to be able to walk side ... But if I had to point out one trait above all others, it is that he must proclaim Jesus Christ and live the faith so that the faithful ...

That same morning, in a reflection for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, he again leaned on a message from Francis, stressing the need—like his predecessor—for shepherds who live close to ...

We are called to be part of a flock and to be in the care of a shepherd. Most of us realize this in a parish setting. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, “A stranger the sheep will not follow, but they ...

In these days of Easter season, we hear lovely readings about Jesus the Good Shepherd. We can imagine bucolic settings of ...