Bishop urges church media workers to go beyond likes and views
Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Billones delivers his keynote address during the 12th Catholic Social Media Summit at the Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu in Mandaue City, Dec. 2, 2023. JAY MANGUSSAD By CBCP News December 2, 2023 Manila, Philippines Feeling frustrated and discouraged by low likes, shares or views? A Catholic bishop has warned the church’s media ministry
Prayer to Saint Therese De Lisieux for Guidance: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, December 03, 2023
Govern by all Thy Wisdom, O Lord, so that my soul may always be serving Thee as Thou dost Will, and not as I may choose. Do not punish me, I beseech Thee, by granting that which I wish or ask if it offended Thy Love, which would always live in me. Let me die to myself, so that I
Pope Francis to COP28: Environmental destruction is ‘an offense against God’
Pope Francis at his general audience on Nov. 22, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Dec 2, 2023 / 06:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis called the destruction of the environment “an offense against God” in a message given to the participants in the U.N. climate summit on Saturday.The keynote address that the pope had intended to give in person
2023 Ratzinger Prize reflects on theological legacy of late Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis meets with Father Federico Lombardi, president of the Ratzinger Foundation and Vatican spokesman during Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate (left), and the 2023 Ratzinger Prize recipients Father Pablo Blanco Sarto (center) and Professor Francesc Torralba (right) at the Vatican on Nov. 30, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 15:20 pm (CNA). The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict
Pope Francis sends condolences to family of Indi Gregory at British baby’s funeral
Baby Indi Gregory was baptized on Sept. 22, 2023. Despite not being religious, Dean Gregory, her father, expressed that his time in court fighting for his daughter’s life felt like he had been “dragged to hell.” The experience moved him to decide to have his daughter baptized. / Credit: Christian Concern CNA Staff, Dec 1, 2023 / 11:35 am (CNA).
The Angelus: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, December 02, 2023
V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary, etc... V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done unto me according to Your Word. Hail Mary, etc... V. And the Word was made flesh, R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary, etc... V. Pray for us, O