Archive for January 19, 2025

Catholics attend Mass via the Apostleship of the Sea Ministry in Honolulu, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Hawaii’s seafarer ministry brings pastoral relief to island’s ‘invisible’ fishing industry

Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva launched the Hawaii Apostleship of the Sea Ministry out of the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa late... Read more

On Feb. 3, 2025, at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Father John Yongli Chen will celebrate an evening Mass in Mandarin, his native language, in recognition of the Chinese New Year. Chen is pastor of St. Ann Parish in Ortonville, Michigan.?w=200&h=150

By Martin Barillas

Michigan parish celebrates Chinese New Year with Mass in Mandarin

Many Chinese Catholics celebrate the Lunar New Year by attending Mass to thank God for blessings received, and a parish... Read more

During his Angelus address on Jan. 19, 2025, at the Vatican, Pope Francis thanked those who mediated the latest ceasefire in Gaza and expressed his hope that all hostages “may finally return home and embrace their loved ones” and for the opening of humanitarian corridors into Gaza.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis thanks mediators for brokering latest ceasefire deal in Gaza

During his Angelus address, the Holy Father also expressed his hope that all hostages “may finally return home and embrace... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Pope Francis calls potential U.S. deportation plans ‘a disgrace’

“If this is true it is a disgrace because it makes the poor unfortunate who have nothing pay the price... Read more