
Mother’s Day: Pope Francis Sends Moms ‘Prayer, Affection, Best Wishes’
Along with Mother’s Day, Pope Francis recognized Sunday as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations and prayed for peace.
Along with Mother’s Day, Pope Francis recognized Sunday as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations and prayed for peace.
Moms, when you’re discouraged and feeling unworthy, remember that the God of all grace will himself restore and strengthen you.
COMMENTARY: Being a mother allows me to understand a little better our God’s infinite love for us.
The political action group CatholicVote responded to potential threats on Thursday by asking President Joe Biden, who identifies as Catholic, and other leaders to condemn any efforts to disrupt Catholic Masses or protest outside justices’ homes.
COMMENTARY: Men and women are intrinsically different with respect to having babies; we cannot completely overcome these differences, even with unlimited social or technological engineering.
In the U.S., pandemic health and safety restrictions are loosening and we are likely to see on Mothers’ Day 2021 a more intense celebration of mothers than usual. After the challenges of the last year there is renewed appreciation for that special role mothers play. Register contributor Erika Ahern and our Senior Editor Joan Frawley Desmond join in a conversation on how mothers weathered the pandemic. And then, we get an update from the Register’s Alyssa Murphy on the stories you don’t want to miss from NCRegister.com, including a look at artificial intelligence and politicians and Communion.
Highlighting the beauty and significance of motherhood
‘Joy is the distinctive sign of a true Christian,’ the Holy Father reminded the faithful May 9, while also extending a greeting to mothers.
COMMENTARY: When we embrace God’s plan as the Blessed Mother did, our canticles of sorrow can be turned into Mary’s canticle of praise.
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