October 2022

Pope prays for unity of church as he celebrates anniversary of Vatican II

OSV News October 12, 2022

The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening.

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

Franciscan Media October 12

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos was born in Bavaria. He studied in Munich before coming to the United States to serve the German-speaking immigrants.

The Audacity of the Saints

St. Therese of Lisieux October 11, 2022

You love St. Augustine, St. Magdalene, these souls to whom “many sins were forgiven because they loved much.” I love them too, I love their repentance, and especially…their loving audacity!

If I Truly Believe

Colleen Arnold, MD October 11, 2022

If I truly believe in the good news of the gospel, why am I not bursting to tell the world about it? Why am I not overflowing with joy that explodes into my daily life?

Etienne: Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons ‘are of grave concern’

OSV News October 11, 2022

Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Oct. 7 he is "increasingly troubled" by Russia's war against Ukraine and said Russian President Vladimir Putin's "irresponsible threats" to use nuclear weapons "are of grave concern."

Saint John XXIII

Franciscan Media October 11

A shy, retiring man, Cardinal Angelo Roncalli became our beloved Pope Saint John XXIII. Perhaps the greatest irony was that his fellow Cardinals elected him as a stop-gap pope to give them time to get the politics ironed out for ...