Tickets for the Papal Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia are indeed a hot item and hard to find. But one item that does not seem to be so hot up until this point is the Festival of Families.
Read moreMonth: September 2015
Spanish Papal Choir Will Unveil Three New Verses to Morales’ “Himno Eucaristico”
Damaris Thillet, Spanish-language composer took on another role: director of the Spanish Papal choir for the World Meeting of Families.
Read moreSteinfels and Schmitz on Papal-Centrism
Here are two particularly good commentaries on what Pope Francis means.
Read morePapal Mass, National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, 22 September 2015
In the three celebrations in Cuba, I noticed several things that were good to see: Active, conscious and knowledgeable participation by all as far as I could tell.
Read moreLive at 2:30 p.m.: Bishop Robert Barron Gives Keynote Address at World Meeting of Families
Popularly known for his “Catholicism” DVD series, now-Bishop Robert Barron is giving the keynote address at the World Meeting of Families
Read moreNPM and the Papal Visit
When he left Nationals Stadium in Washington, DC, after celebrating Mass there in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI commented: “That was true prayer.” Let’s hope that the forty years of work that NPM has put into building pastoral music in the United States may inspire the same comment from Pope Francis after each of the Masses and other services he celebrates this week.
Read morePope Francis: “See You in Philadelphia”, as Pilgrims Arrive and World Meeting of Families Opens
Pope Francis has yet to depart for the United States, let alone the City of Brotherly Love, but today marks the opening of the World Meeting of Families. People from all over the world have begun to file into Philadelphia for the international event, which has occurred every three years since 1994.
Read moreIt’s a Chasuble, Not a Poncho: #PapalGoofs
Every journalist wants to get his or her story right. Every once in a while, though, an error will creep in.
Read moreThe Resurrected Lord at the Papal Mass in Cuba
It was interesting to see a monumental figure of the Resurrected Lord to the side of the altar during the papal Mass in Cuba.
Read moreThe Papal Mass and Festival of Families are a Hot Ticket in Philadelphia
Catholics across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia received their tickets for the Papal Mass and for the Festival of Families on the Parkway this past weekend. But some were not so lucky.
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