Crisis in Sahel Region:

The following web pages provide more information on Catholic efforts to assist the people of the Sahel: Development and Peace Caritas Internationalis John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel   Pope Benedict XVI, address to representatives of the John Paul II...
Patriarch Calls for Evangelization

Patriarch Calls for Evangelization

Patriarch of Ukrainian Catholic Church Calls for Evangelization BY MARIO TONEGUZZI, CALGARY HERALD Canadian pastoral visit, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church worldwide, told the Herald the biggest challenge of the church is...
A Secular Death

A Secular Death

Article by: Fr. Stephen Freeman Almost no event shatters the confidence of the secular world like death. Regardless of a person’s achievements, fame or wealth, death not only destroys but threatens to mock. Many older funeral customs evolved in a relatively...
The Apostle’s Fast in the Eastern Churches

The Apostle’s Fast in the Eastern Churches

Source: www.aquinasandmore.com The Apostles’ Fast, also called the Fast of the Holy Apostles, the Fast of Peter and Paul, or sometimes simply St. Peter’s Fast, is a fast observed by the faithful of the Eastern Churches (both Catholics and Orthodox). It is...