Catholic education is an excellent form of evangelization, Pope Francis said.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore hosted its “Call to Prayer” June 27 to close the listening phase and usher in the vision phase of its mission to reshape the Catholic Church in Baltimore City.

“It’s so rewarding that people let you into their lives at these key moments – the birth of a child, marriage, illness or death – and it’s the role of the priest to be thankful for that invitation and to walk with them in their journey as far as they want us to walk with them and to recognize we’re probably going to get more out of it than we give,” he said.

A new film starring Jim Caviezel aims to move millions to end the scourge of child trafficking.

The twin domes symbolize the parallel aims of the Vatican Observatory as defined by its director, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno: “To do good science and to show the world that our religion, our faith, motivates why we do the science.”