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FaithThe Word
Victor Cancino, S.J.
August 27, 2023, Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings reflect on the need for genuine “servants of the Lord” in positions of authority, and they warn inadequate leaders that their time will be short.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Terrance Klein
Pope Francis greets Janada Marcus, a survivor of Christian persecution in Nigeria, after his general audience on March 8, 2023. She is accompanied by Father Joseph Bature Fidelis, director of a trauma center for victims of terrorism in Nigeria, and by Maria Joseph, another survivor. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithNews Analysis
Thomas P. Rausch
Pope Francis has announced a commission to identify new martyrs, and in its latest report, Open Doors International has identified 76 countries where Christians suffer “high and extreme levels of persecution.”
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
Francis' weekly address calls believers to draw from Our Lady of Guadalupe to evangelize with courage given from the Mother.
FaithNews
Associated Press
A sheriff said Tuesday that authorities have subpoenaed phone records of an Alabama priest and an 18-year-old woman—who fled to Europe together—to see if there is evidence of an illegal relationship when she was a student.
FaithNews
Jilleen Barrett
“I think that she’s a great example of someone who used her beliefs and used her ability to make a change in the world,” one student said. “And I think that a lot of Gen Z [is] looking for ways to do that."