Pope Leo XIV has been in the Petrine office for less than a month, but that hasn’t stopped tons of people from expressing their hopes for how the American-born pontiff can improve the Church and the world.
Prior to the beginning of Lent, I celebrated the funeral of Jenny Wiederholt-Pine. Wiederholt-Pine was 44 years old, a wife and mother of three who was actively involved with her kids, a successful businesswoman, and was recently elected to the local school board.
Our hope begins at a tomb. It was empty, of course, but Mary Magdalene didn't know it at the time. She thought he was in there, his body. It was only love that compelled her to be there, not hope. That was gone.
Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic locked us down and disrupted much of our lives. We can still see the effects it has had on the social fabric of our communities and wonder what it means going forward.
During my agribusiness career, leadership at self-improvement seminars or CEOs at planning meetings would often say something along the lines of “hope is not a strategy.”
JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Speaking just hours after his wartime Christmas visit to Gaza City Holy Family Parish, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivered a poignant Christmas message during a press conference at the Latin Patriarchate Dec. 23.
An Italian publisher announced the global release in January of "Hope," a book it described as Pope Francis' autobiography, which the pope apparently planned to have released only after his death.
Hope in the tomb