VATICAN CORNER continued… The Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land provide pastoral care in 29 parishes, offering Worship, Faith Formation, youth and family programs. Their Media Center tells the story of the Holy Land through multimedia distributed throughout...

VATICAN CORNER Every year on Good Friday, a collection is taken up in every Catholic Church to support the people and places of the Holy Land. Christians of the Holy Land rely heavily on the help that comes to them during this special moment of the year. On Feb. 10,...

  VATICAN CORNER There is a new book entitled “Dear Pope Francis” published March 1, 2016 in which Pope Francis answers 30 questions presented to him from children from around the world. The U. S. based Jesuit publishing house Loyola Press approached Francis with...

VATICAN CORNER continued … On February 17, 2016, Pope Francis’ trip through Mexico reached its final stop at the northern border city of Juárez across the Rio Grande from El Paso, and thus he symbolically traced the route of migrants through Mexico, focusing on their...

VATICAN CORNER CONTINUED … On Monday February 15, 2016, Pope Francis visited Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, and denounced the centuries-old exploitation and exclusion of Mexico’s indigenous people. He prayed before the tomb of Bishop Samuel Ruiz who died in 2011 and...

VATICAN CORNER … continued On Saturday February 13, 2016 in Mexico City, Pope Francis met with the president of Mexico, the diplomatic corp. and with the Bishops of Mexico, then held Holy Mass at the Basilica at the Shrine near the ‘Tepeyac’ hill above Mexico City...

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VATICAN CORNER Pope Francis will be visiting Mexico from February 12th thru 18th, 2016, traveling from south to north and ending at the border town of Juarez, just across the Rio Grande River from El Paso, Texas. This route is intended to represent the difficult path...

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VATICAN CORNER Con"nued …The new book: THE NAME OF GOD IS MERCY, comes from a four hour interview last summer when Pope Francis answered ques"ons from Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli. The ques"ons were on issues linked by the common thread of mercy, described by...