Jenna Cooper

6 days ago | cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler

(OSV News) – The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, in a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue in ending multiple conflicts throughout the world, including that between Israel and Iran.

6 days ago | cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler

With a voice that carried throughout the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy announced, “Today I have tidings of great joy” as he greeted the large congregation of faithful on the warm, sunlit morning of June 21 for the annual Mass of Priesthood Ordination in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.

6 days ago | cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton Cardinal Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Hours after the United States bombed the sites of three nuclear-enrichment facilities in Iran, Pope Leo XIV called the situation in the Middle East “alarming” and said diplomacy was the only responsible way forward. “Every member of the international community has a moral responsibility: Stop the tragedy of war before it becomes an irreparable abyss,” the pope said June 22 after reciting the Angelus prayer with thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.

6 days ago | oursundayvisitor.com | Jenna Cooper

If we consider sin as a turning away from God or breaking God’s commandments, then it would seem to be a logical impossibility for Jesus to sin. Jesus, as God, cannot turn away from or betray himself. And we know that Jesus never did sin in actual fact. At the same time, we know from the Gospels that Jesus was subject to temptation. The most notable example of this is the story of Jesus’ temptation in the desert, where he prayed and fasted for 40 days before beginning his public ministry.

1 week ago | cathstan.org | Jenna Cooper |Wilton D. Gregory |Msgr. John Enzler

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Access to vast amounts of data and information is not the same thing as having intelligence, which is uniquely human and requires being open to truth, goodness and the real meaning of life, Pope Leo XIV told AI experts and executives. “Authentic wisdom has more to do with recognizing the true meaning of life than with the availability of data,” he said in a written message released by the Vatican June 20.