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Author: Mike Lewis

Pope Francis reflects on the Jesuit life

Today (December 17) is Pope Francis’s 85th birthday, and yesterday we received the gift of the transcript of his December 4 discussion with the Jesuit community in Greece. It has become customary for Pope Francis to meet privately with the...

New Liturgical Rite for Catechists

Today, the text of the new Rite of Institution of Catechists was posted today (in Italian) on the Vatican website. Beginning January 1, 2022, members of the laity—both men and women—will be eligible to be admitted to this stable ministry....

Mary, Full of Grace

Today was the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, and Pope Francis made a surprise visit to Rome’s Spanish Steps to venerate an outdoor statue of the Blessed Mother. NCR’s Christopher White reports: For two years running, the Vatican has canceled...

Want to understand synodality? Look to Africa

In the week following the USCCB’s General Assembly in Baltimore, during which the bishops promoted their “Eucharistic Revival” and finally passed their long-anticipated and much-debated document on Eucharistic coherence, the Latin American Bishops’ Conference (CELAM) held an unprecedented ecclesial assembly...

Coming Soon: Field Hospital Podcast

I am thrilled to share the news that beginning this February, Jeannie Gaffigan and I will be co-hosting a new podcast produced by U.S. Catholic magazine. The official announcement was sent out last night to the U.S. Catholic mailing list....

Support WPI on Giving Tuesday

Thank you for supporting Where Peter Is. As you know, we provide our content for free, we keep the site ad-free, and we try not to bombard you with requests for donations. But, sadly, running and maintaining this site is...

Prayers to Saint Joseph

After finishing his catechesis on St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians earlier this month, Pope Francis began a new catechesis on St Joseph, in honor of the Year of St. Joseph. In the last two weeks, Francis concluded his audience...