By Ezra Fieser Catholic News Service SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Ricardo Ezzati Andrello of Santiago, Chile, said he would serve the church with “humility and simplicity” when he is elevated to cardinal in February. The cardinal-designate also said although his name had been circulated as a potential candidate, the announcement that he ...read more

 Tonight on  Perspectives Pope Francis remembers  Pope Benedict’s resignation with a Tweet And we tell you how Canadian dioceses will observe the World Day of the Sick ...read more

The incarnate Son of God did not remove illness and suffering from human experience but by taking them upon himself he transformed them and gave them new meaning. New meaning because they no longer have the last word which, instead, is new and abundant life; transformed them, because in union with Christ they need no ...read more

Today on Perspectives: Pope Francis knows the Santa Marta Masses have become a bit of a hot ticket in Rome, but says Mass it should not be, Mass is not a social event. Pope Francis also accepted an invitation to visit Sri Lanka. In Canada, Antigonish, Nova Scotia takes the next step in healing after ...read more

On Sunday March 16, 2014, The Toronto Police Service will commemorate its 50th annual Communion Breakfast. I’m fairly certain when a few Toronto police officers got together, in the winter of 1964, and decided to take their sons to Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral followed by breakfast at a local restaurant, they never envisioned this ...read more

This week Pope Francis released two special messages: his message for Lent, and a message for World Youth Day. Lent begins on March 5 this year and World Youth Day will be celebrated at the diocesan level on April 13, which is also Palm Sunday. The full text of the Pope’s Lenten message is published ...read more

By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service LIVERPOOL, England (CNS) — It was not in the silence of a dimly lit church or in the cool hush of an evening breeze that Vincent Nichols recognized he had a vocation to the priesthood, but in the heaving swell and bustle of a soccer crowd. A lifelong supporter ...read more

Today on Perspectives, Pope Francis’ 2014 Lenten message, Queen Elizabeth to visit the Vatican, a big milestone in Washington and information on an upcoming event at Windsor’s Assumption University. ...read more

ByEzra Fieser Catholic News Service SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) — Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano of Managua, Nicaragua, joined his mother to listen to the public announcement that Pope Francis was elevating him to the College of Cardinals. Cardinal-designate Brenes told reporters Jan. 12 he “wanted to cry and to be grateful to the Virgin, ...read more

Tonight on Perspectives Pope Francis says a church without nuns is unthinkable And he meets with the Samoan head of state. ...read more