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1 day ago | 
angelusnews.com | Natalie Romano |Cindy Wooden |Justin Mclellan
When the man he had known and respected for 20 years was declared the new pope, Father Barnaby Johns, OSA, excitedly leapt into the air. He could hardly believe the first American — and the first Augustinian from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA) — was now leading the Catholic Church. “I’m just so overwhelmed,” said Johns, Prior Provincial of the St. Augustine Province in California. “I’m sort of tingling. I cannot say enough good things about [Pope Leo XIV].
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Inés San Martín |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan
Pope Francis' solemn funeral Mass will be broadcast and livestreamed by multiple media outlets April 26, providing several ways people can watch and participate in the funeral from around the world. The Mass begins at 10 a.m. local time in Rome, or 4 a.m. EDT (3 a.m. CDT, 2 a.m. MDT and 1 a.m. PDT) in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside over the Mass. Bishops, cardinals and priests from around the world will concelebrate.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Inés San Martín |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan |Charles Collins
As they entered the Vatican to participate in a series of meetings leading up to the election of Pope Francis' successor, several cardinals spoke to the media, emphasizing that they are still mourning the Argentine pontiff -- not yet choosing his successor. "We are not yet speaking about the conclave or the succession; we are still speaking about Pope Francis, we are still crying for Pope Francis," said Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, archbishop of Algiers, Algeria.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Carol Glatz |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan |Charles Collins
In the first nine hours that Pope Francis' body had lain in state in St. Peter's Basilica, more than 19,000 people stood in line for hours in the sun to pray and pay homage to him. The doors of the basilica opened to the public a little after 11 a.m. local time after the pope's simple wooden casket was transferred from his residence during a solemn prayer service.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Charles Collins |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan
One of the most famous quotes from British writer G.K. Chesterton is something he calls a paradox. “There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan |Charles Collins
Nothing helped like Jesus. For years, Anna Vindel struggled with anxiety and depression, but once she discovered Catholicism, she finally found peace. In perfect harmony with this season of new life, Vindel took the next step and received the Sacraments of Initiation during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on April 19. The mother of three was elated as she stood among the largest group of catechumens the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has seen in a decade.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden
The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds. A coalition of parents sued Montgomery County Public Schools' board when it said it would not allow parents to opt out of instruction using some materials containing LGBTQ+ themes.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kurt Jensen |Natalie Romano |Cindy Wooden |Elise Italiano Ureneck
For decades, Dominican Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella immersed herself in the ministry of teaching, not retiring until she was 84. Now, having turned 112 on Easter at Queen of the Rosary Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Dominic in Amityville, New York -- a supercentenarian for two years, and a member of her order since 1931 -- she is, like all members of the body of Christ, still able to participate in the ministry of presence. Her colleagues and family are grateful.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Natalie Romano |Cindy Wooden |Elise Italiano Ureneck
Faithful are recalling Pope Francis' 2015 apostolic journey to the U.S. as a moving encounter, with an impact still felt a decade later. "Immediately in his presence, everyone was a child of God," Joanne Walsh, associate superintendent for early childhood education for the Archdiocese of New York, told OSV News.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Robert Barron |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden
I've spent much of my life reading and studying religious and philosophical texts. I’ve perused the works of Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, etc. I love such texts and the ideas that these great thinkers share. What all of these figures have in common is a certain calm, a measured manner of sharing what they have learned. And consequently, one reads their texts in a sort of abstracted way.
