‘For Guaranteed Happiness? Consult & Live the Beatitudes,’ Pope Says at General Audience

Holy Father Says They Point Us Beyond Our Limitations & Tears Toward Paschal Joy in Christ

GENERAL AUDIENCE: On the Beatitudes (Full Text)

‘It will do us good to take Matthew’s Gospel today, Chapter five, verses one to eleven to understand this very beautiful way, so certain of bringing happiness, the Lord proposes to us’

Pope Francis Doesn’t Accept Resignation: Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn to Continue as Archbishop of Vienna

Also President of the Austrian Episcopal Conference

Pope Francis Names Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

Mons. Bertram Meier, of the Clergy of Augsburg

Bishop Says Upcoming Irish Election Must Address Social-Justice Issues

Statement by Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ, Chairman of Council for Justice and Peace of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishops of Philippines Take Measures to Thwart Deadly Virus

Discourages Communion by Mouth, Holding of Hands During Masses

Lebanese Church Leaders Call for Support of New Government

Stop Steet Violence

Bolivian Archbishop Calls for Protection of Democracy

‘Let us Allow Ourselves to be Enlightened by the Word of God’

Offering Mercy Amid Madness

Religious Sisters in Burkina Faso risk their lives to provide food and sanctuary.