by Holy Spirit Parish | May 1, 2017 | News, Pope Francis
““I Ask the Lord to Bless All the Egyptian People, the Authorities and the Christian and Muslim Faithful; May He give Peace to that Country” Here is a ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave today before praying the midday Regina Coeli in St. Peter’s...
by Holy Spirit Parish | May 1, 2017 | Catholic News Agency, News
“Esmeralda Solís Gonzáles is a young Mexican woman who was crowned last year as a beauty queen in her native town – and now she’s joined the Poor Clare Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament. Twenty-year old Gonzáles has watched her story go viral over the...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 25, 2017 | News
“It’s a story seen across the nation – a neighborhood formerly known for rundown houses, empty shops and limited resources now finds flocks of millennials coming to the area’s trellised cafes and bars for brunch and drinks on weekends. What formerly made the...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 10, 2017 | News, Pope Francis
“On Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017, Pope Francis exhorted to contemplate Jesus “not only in paintings, or photographs, or even in videos” but “in many of our brothers and sisters . . . who are suffering.” “Jesus is in them, in each of them, and with a disfigured...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 10, 2017 | News
“In 1970, there was one priest for every 800 Catholics in the United States. Today, that number has more than doubled, with one priest for every 1,800 Catholics. Globally, the situation is worse. The number of Catholics per priest increased from 1,895 in 1980 to...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 3, 2017 | News, Pope Francis
“‘While there’s the atmosphere of the tomb, instead the Lord wants to open the way of life, the encounter with Him, trust in Him, the resurrection of the heart, the way of ”Get up! Get up! Come outside!’ Below is a Zenit translation of the Pope’s homily given...
