by Sara Shouhayib | Sep 24, 2015 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON — The pope held a midday prayer service Wednesday at the Cathedral of St. Mathew the Apostle attended by hundreds of bishops and other members of the Catholic church attended. Crowds swarmed the sidewalks surrounding the church in hopes of getting a...
by Sara Shouhayib | Sep 24, 2015 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON – During his historical joint meeting with Congress, Pope Francis reflected his hope for the U.S. to model itself after four historical Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, and...
by Brian MacIver | Sep 24, 2015 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
EMMITSBURG, Md. — For Tim Mergen, faith and service are in his genes: his grandfather was a war veteran who spent three years in a prisoner of war camp in Southeast Asia. During that time, Mergen’s grandfather prayed the rosary every day and claimed that...
by Traci Badalucco and Sam Fiske | Sep 24, 2015 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON – Amid crowded streets, packed subway cars with teenage riders chanting “Pope Francis,” and bars offering live coverage on big screen TVs usually reserved for football games, it was clear Wednesday the nation’s capital was eager for a historic papal...
by Sara Shouhayib | Sep 24, 2015 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON–Thousands gathered on Wednesday at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle to get their chance to see Pope Francis. Published in conjunction with
by Angela G. Barnes | Sep 24, 2015 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON–From the sleep-deprived to the energy-filled, the people attending the papal parade found many things to do to pass the time.