‘Material things do not give fullness to life’

Pope at Angelus: ‘Material things do not give fullness to life’

“Material things do not give fullness to life,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. “They are important but they do not fill life. Only love can do that.”

Pope Francis: Reading literature can enrich the Christian life, aid in priestly formation

Reading, the pope insists, should not be approached with an arduous or rigid “sense of duty,” but rather with a flexibility, openness, and “readiness to learn.”

Texas religious sisters care for their ‘sisters in Christ’ on death row

The Sisters of Mary Morning Star regularly visit a group of women on death row, the majority of whom have now become Catholic as well as “oblates.”

Pope Francis urges prayers for victims of crises in Venezuela, Myanmar, and Middle East

Pope Francis on Sunday urged prayers for those suffering in the world due to political conflict, violence, and natural disasters, highlighting humanitarian crises in Venezuela, the Middle East, and Myanmar.

U.S. State Department acknowledges possible misuse of funds to promote atheism

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is demanding the State Department disclose exactly how much it knew about a pro-atheist organization.