St. John Lateran: The Church standing erect
ROME. Because the media drama of the papacy often has St. Peter’s for its stage, many Catholics may not know that the Patriarchal Vatican Archbasilica isn’t the Pope’s cathedral. St. Peter’s belongs, in a sense, to the whole Church, and the Pope presides there as universal pastor of the Church. The Lateran Basilica—or, to give it its full name, the “Patriarchal Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and Evangelist”—is the Pope’s cathedral, the site of the cathedra of the Bishop of Rome. Read more
Yes, He can!
As we enter the Advent season we are reminded once again that mankind was made for a Messiah. We have an innate longing for redemption—for someone to rescue us from the human condition. That longing was given to us by God so that he could fill it. Read more.
