The organizing committee of World Youth Day Rio 2013 just launched the official prayer for the event. With this prayer the organizers hope to get the whole world praying together for the success and good fruits of the upcoming event, to be held July 23 to 28 next year. You will find the text of ...read more

In this episode of Perspectives: The Weekly Edition, we find out what parts of the Mass have changed and we dig deeper to find out how our liturgical celebration is enriched by the new translation. ...read more

The longest serving cardinal in the Catholic Church was buried yesterday in Rio de Janeiro. Cardinal Eugenio Sales died last Monday and his requiem mass took place yesterday at Rio’s Cathedral of Saint Sebastian. During the ceremony a dove landed on the casket and stayed there for almost an hour. Cardinal Sales was made cardinal ...read more

Catholic News Service’s daily report looks at why Pope Benedict XVI chose “Benedict” as his papal name. ...read more

One of the most famous feasts in Spain is that of San Fermin in the city of Pamplona. Everyone has seen the images of people dressed in white running in front of the bulls. Behind that feast is Saint Fermin of Amiens. Who is he? Fermin is said to have been the son of a ...read more

Earlier this week Pope Benedict XVI appointed a new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), Archbishop Gerhard Mueller of Regensburg, Germany. This is the same post Pope Benedict held until he was elected pope in 2005. Why is this position so important ? Founded in 1542, the office was originally called the ...read more

Yesterday the universal church celebrated Elizabeth of Portugal known in her home country as Saint Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth born in Zaragoza, Spain in 1271, she was the daughter of Peter III of Aragon and was married off to King Denis of Portugal in 1282.  From the beginning Elizabeth showed a great compassion to the poor. ...read more

When athletes take to the field at the London Olympics in a few weeks, spectators from around the world will be watching an cheering on there favourite athletes. One group in particular will be watching from front row seats. About 190 chaplains of various faiths will be counted among the members of the London 2012 ...read more

Many of you will remember that moving scene at the foot of the cross, at the end of Sydney’s WYD Way of the Cross. A young man with his guitar, sang Above All, while actors playing Mary and John comforted each other, mourning the scene that had just taken place. It was a moment that ...read more

Admirers of the 20th century journalist G.K. Chesterton talk about this “Apostle of Common Sense”. What does he have to say about the need to return to common sense to battle the moral ills of today? ...read more