Please join us on Friday, March 12 at 12 pm ET for a virtual prayer service remembering those who have died of Covid-19.

After a year in which we have already given up so much, one could be forgiven for asking: Do we really need to give up chocolate, too?

The restrictions include church closures. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8, and he has events planned in churches each day.

An adaptation of the homily Father Chisholm delivered at the Black History Month Mass celebrated at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Feb. 7, 2021.

"The role of prayer and prudential judgment on behalf of all Catholics, but also especially, in a particular way, the shepherds of the church is so important."

We expect too much from politics, more than it can or should provide. Only prayer can transform us.