Pope Francis opened the Lenten season with a procession and Mass on Ash Wednesday, telling Catholics to carve out a silent space for God amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private.
A statue of Saint Junípero Serra that was removed from outside of the San Buenaventura City Hall in Ventura, California, about four years ago will soon be on display again, this time outside of the last California mission Serra founded in 1782.
The bombing of Monte Cassino became the most controversial moment in the Italian campaign. General Mark Clark, who commanded American forces in Italy, once called the bombing a “tragic error.”
What Ravasi may not have realized is that after the 30-year-old rapper finished his performance, he used the opportunity to deliver a brief but explosive political statement: “Stop the genocide,” he said, referring to the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
A Spanish nun who has participated in the two most recent meetings of Pope Francis’s top advisory body has said that while talk of women’s priestly ordination is currently off the table, the pontiff is supportive of the female diaconate.
