We should live in such a way that in our last hours we will not regret having loved too little. — Chiara Lubich, whose funeral mass was celebrated today in Rome, at St. Paul’s Outside the Walls. I don’t think she could possibly have had this regret in her own life.

This moved a short time ago on the Catholic News Service: Chiara Lubich, the 88-year-old founder and perpetually smiling symbol of the Focolare movement, died early March 14 in her room near the Focolare headquarters in Rocca di Papa, south of Rome. Lubich had been extremely frail since November 2006 when she was treated at…

Here’s a glimpse at a side of legendary quarterback Brett Favre that most may not know: his Catholicism. From the Catholic News Service and Catholic Online, courtesy the Green Bay diocesan paper, The Compass: While the sports world came to halt at the March 4 announcement of Green Bay Packer Brett Favre’s retirement, Catholic leaders…

Need an upper today? This piece from a paper in Pittsburgh just might do the trick: He’s known from Pittsburgh to Guam, offering a message redeemable by all ages. His caring and compassion have comforted as many as 15,000 in a single audience. Years have passed since I first learned of Father Scott Seethaler. Public…

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