In the fall of 2021, Pope Francis invited all the dioceses in the world to undertake a journey of discernment and reflection on “synodality,” which is the Church “walking together.” All the baptized from all the local churches were invited to participate.

The exemption from the Sunday obligation to attend Mass, which began in 2020 due to the pandemic, is ending.

June 8, 2022 - Our warmest greeting from Peru to the delegates attending the PDAC 2022 Convention.

In the Vatican museums there is an ancient Christian sarcophagus dating from the 340s. It is called the “Dogmatic Sarcophagus”; sculpted on its side, among various biblical images, is what may be the earliest known representation in art of the Blessed Trinity. The three figures, bearded men, are identical: the Father sits and blesses the arm of the Son who creates Eve; the Son looks back at the Father rather than at his handiwork. The Spirit stands behind the Father’s chair. This early Christian art is fascinating because it was not for another forty years that the Council of Constantinople would formally define the co-equal divinity of the Holy Spirit.