The story of Annella Zervas: Examples of holiness needed close to home - Vatican News A 26-year-old woman from the state of Minnesota joins another 100 U.S. born men and women on the path to canonization as a century after her death, ...

“All of us have our part to play in living the Gospel of Suffering.” #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

"We must be very alert to the evil subtlety of Satan. His one desire is to keep us from having a heart and mind inclined to our Lord and God." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch

St. Francis teaches us that to obey Christ is sometimes to disobey the church Ecclesiastical disobedience is not to be taken lightly nor used as justification for selfish interest. But as Francis of Assisi's life bears witness, there may be times when one has to choose the Gosp...

"Saint Francis and his followers strove to be loyal and obedient to legitimate church authorities and religious superiors, but not when there was a tension or outright conflict with what the Gospel of Jesus Christ commands." #LiveTheGospel #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/st-f...

One more thing we can do is call upon our bishops pastors, every last one of them, to stand up and speak out for peace. #RebuildMyChurch

Display of St. Francis of Assisi's bones confirms enduring appeal of relics for Christians The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Christians of venerating a s...

"In this historic moment, we need him." #LiveTheGospel #RebuildMyChurch #SaintFrancisOfAssisi www.ncronline.org/news/display...

Editorial: Bishops of the United States, history has its eyes on you We are encouraged by the bishops who have spoken out against the Trump administration's assault on human dignity. But to those bishops who have remained silent, we ask one simple question: What are yo...

"To those bishops who have remained silent, may we suggest turning to the apostles, who spoke with clarity and boldness in support of the truth. Catholics today deserve the same in our leaders: shepherds unafraid to speak." #PrayForAmerica #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

"The Church without frontiers, Mother to all peoples, spreads throughout the world a culture of acceptance and solidarity in which no one is seen as useless, out of place, or disposable (2015)." #PopeFrancis #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch

A bishop is called to suffer with his people. Please tell the story of those who remain silent; and ask them to explain their scandalous indifference. #RebuildMyChurch

"The proclamation of the Word of God becomes ineffective if it loses contact with reality, human hopes, human suffering, and if it uses incomprehensible, uncommunicative, or anachronistic language (2-4-26)." #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #RebuildMyChurch

Great. Just what the world needs. Another bishop who remains silent in the face of injustice. God help us. #RebuildMyChurch

800 years after his death, the legends and legacy of Francis of Assisi endure (The Conversation) — Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation still resonates.

“The man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation.” #PopeFrancis #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #RebuildMyChurch religionnews.com/2026/02/04/8...

"The only crime with which I am charged is that I teach the religion of the true God and do not worship idols. It is indeed glorious to suffer death for such a crime." #SaintJohndeBritto #Martyr #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch

Disruption at a church is not the scandal. Injustice is. "The question before us is not whether protest belongs in church, but whether the church still belongs to the Gospel it proclaims," writes Kat Armas.

"The question before us is not whether protest belongs in church, but whether the church still belongs to the Gospel it proclaims." #LiveTheGospel #Resist #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/disr...

Catholics must decide if they serve Donald Trump or the Gospel Jesus famously proclaimed, "No one can serve two masters." As the country continues to reel from the shooting of Alex Pretti, Catholics are making it clear who they are choosing to serve. It isn't alw...

"It is time for Catholics to choose who our master is. Do we serve Donald Trump? Or do we serve Jesus? Only one of them leads to salvation. We should choose wisely." #PrayForAmerica #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

"If I can help at least one person to have a better life, then that already justifies the offering of my own life." #PopeFrancis #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch

"Francis, Christ's bravest soldier traveled around proclaiming the kingdom of God and preaching #peace and #penance...not in the persuasive words of human wisdom but in the learning and wisdom of the Holy Spirit." #Celano #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch

New bishop of Albany aims to spread the faith, listen and 'be like Francis' In a quick assessment of the Diocese of Albany, New York, where he was installed Dec. 5, Bishop Mark O'Connell said: "The priests seem healthy; there's lots of lay involvement; the churches look in go...

"It starts with a decision to be like Pope Francis." #BishopMark #PopeFrancis #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/news/new-bis...

Pope: Sense of belonging more important than numbers of people in Church - Vatican News In the January edition of the Piazza San Pietro magazine, Pope Leo XIV encourages a Swiss catechist struggling to get families involved in her parish ...

"The problem is not the numbers but the increasingly evident lack of awareness in feeling part of the Church, that is, of being living members of the Body of Christ, all with unique gifts and roles.” #PopeLeoXIV #RebuildMyChurch www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

"Francis, go, rebuild my church, which is falling into ruin!" #RebuildMyChurch

Closing Holy Year, pope calls to reject 'distorted economy' of profit The close of the 2025 Holy Year capped a Jubilee opened by Pope Francis and which became a defining backdrop for Pope Leo XIV's pontificate thus far.

"Is there life in our Church? If we do not reduce our churches to monuments, if our communities are homes, if we stand united and resist the flattery and seduction of those in power, then we will be the generation of a new dawn." #PopeLeoXIV #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/closing-holy...

"The Lord has called me into the way of simplicity and humility, and he has indeed made this way known through me and through all who choose to believe and follow me...He told me that I am to be a new kind of fool in this world." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel #RebuildMyChurch

What are the challenges the US Catholic Church faces in 2026? There is one agent of unity in our Catholic faith that the secular culture lacks: the bishop of Rome, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

"Both conservative and liberal Catholics need to disentangle the faith from the politics of the day and that will only happen when both sides place their faith and its claims first." #RebuildMyChurch #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/what...

"Move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast." #PopeFrancis #EvangeliiGaudium #RebuildMyChurch

"As a living sign of this divine love for humanity, the Church exists to invite and gather all people to the festive banquet that the Lord prepares for us (12-22-25)." #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch

"Every person can discover their identity as a beloved child, a brother or sister to their neighbor, and a new creation in Christ. Transformed by this discovery, they become witnesses to truth, justice, and peace (12-21-25)." #PopeLeoXIV #RebuildMyChurch

Albany's new bishop tells faithful to 'have the courage to proclaim your Messiah to all' Bishop Mark O'Connell told people wounded by the church: "Let me gently show you Jesus who loves you with an everlasting love. His light is never overcome by darkness, and He is your Messiah as truly ...

"Refuse to join the chorus of negativity. Renew yourselves in prayer and stewardship...Rebuild what has been damaged, take the punches, get back up, and hand on a living faith to a new generation." #BishopMark #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/news/albanys...

Albany's new bishop tells faithful to 'have the courage to proclaim your Messiah to all' Bishop Mark O'Connell told people wounded by the church: "Let me gently show you Jesus who loves you with an everlasting love. His light is never overcome by darkness, and He is your Messiah as truly ...

"I call every person in these pews and connected by every means of communication: Discover your own unique calling in God's kingdom and, like St. Andrew, have the courage to proclaim your Messiah to all." #BishopMark #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/news/albanys...

Unless you’re American, Pope’s comments on ‘pro-life’ were just common sense The plain fact of the matter is that Catholic cultures in most other parts of the world simply aren’t as obsessed with abortion as in the United States.

“To be pro-life, you must be against abortion, but being against abortion is not enough to be pro-life.” #LiveTheGospel #RebuildMyChurch #RespectLife #RememberThePoor cruxnow.com/news-analysi...

Opinion | Why this U.S. Catholic leader is not the right fit for this moment Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley is not the leader the U.S. church needs to mount a full-throated response to the Trump administration’s mass-deportation goals.

"The election of Coakley [as USCCB president] is yet another sign that the American Catholic Church has decided to keep on its rightward political move, in the service of 'accommodation.'” #PrayForAmerica #RebuildMyChurch www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...