Since the eleventh century, the Feast of All Souls has been celebrated for deceased Christians that they might “rest in peace.” Catholics believe, as we recite in the Creed, in the “communion of saints.” In the Feast of...

Some friars who lived in San Giovanni Rotondo with Padre Pio once heard a mysterious sound coming from the friary. It sounded, one of the friars said, like “voices singing in beautiful harmony.” No one could find the...

In St. Mark’s Gospel, we are used to people asking questions of Jesus.  Today’s questioner is refreshingly different.  How so? Gospel (Read Mk 12:28b-34) St. Mark tells us that a scribe (a teacher who was well-versed in...