Joseph Fessio

Jan 20, 2025 | catholicworldreport.com | Jim Graves |Joseph Fessio

Approximately 3,000 people came together for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ 11th annual OneLife LA event on Jan. 18, 2025. While previously held as a walk through the streets of Los Angeles, OneLife LA was moved to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown L.A. due to unhealthy air caused by the region’s wildfires and the acute need of police in other parts of the city. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Los AngelesLos Angeles, Calif., Jan 20, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA).

Oct 9, 2024 | catholicworldreport.com | Joseph Fessio

Celebration of Cardinal Newman’s feast day breaks from tradition   By CNA Staff Cardinal John Henry Newman. / Credit: John Everett Millais, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsCNA Newsroom, Oct 9, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). Differing from the traditional practice, the feast day of Cardinal John Henry Newman is not celebrated on the day of his death. Instead, in his memory the Church celebrates his feast on the day he converted to Catholicism. Newman died in 1890 and was canonized a saint on Oct.

Sep 14, 2024 | catholicworldreport.com | Carl Olson |Joseph Fessio

The Cross reveals the true identity of Jesus ChristOn the Readings for Sunday, September 15, 2024 (Image: Ricky Turner@ricky_turner | Unsplash.com)Readings:• Isa 50:5-9a• Psa 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9• Jas 2:14-18• Mk 8:27-35Even after 2,000 years, people continue to misunderstand or misrepresent Jesus. Examples are plentiful. For example, there is neo-televangelist Joel Osteen, who churns out cheery books and breezy sermons that sidestep the realities of sin, the Cross, and the Passion of Christ.

Sep 7, 2024 | adoremus.org | Joseph Fessio |Robert Mixa

Editor’s note: It’s not uncommon that the parish RCIA process gets underway in the fall of the year. This beginning, coupled with the imminent implementation of the revised Order of Christian Initiation of Adults—optional on the First Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2024) and mandatory for use on Ash Wednesday (March 5, 2025)—offers an occasion to answer common canonical questions in the RCIA.

Aug 21, 2024 | catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |Joseph Fessio

Pope Francis: Living the fruits of the Holy Spirit helps us spread holiness   By Hannah Brockhaus for CNA Pope Francis continued a series of lessons on the Holy Spirit during his weekly meeting with the public in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 21, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Aug 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).