A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest, by Sebastian Gomes

Pope Francis highlighted the late queen’s “example of devotion to duty, her steadfast witness of faith in Jesus Christ and her firm hope in his promises.”

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the two-day of cardinals in Rome and the recent beatification of Pope John Paul I, who led the church for a mere 33 days before his sudden death.

A Reflection for the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

How do you keep things in perspective and maintain a faith life when you are trying to figure out new friends, new freedom and the location of your classes?

Is it possible that people who say that the sacrament is more trouble than it is worth, that they do not need confession, have duped themselves?