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St. Joseph has two feast days on the liturgical calendar. The first is March 19—Joseph, the Husband of Mary. The second is May 1—Joseph, the Worker.
A Catholic Bishop in Kenya has encouraged devotion to St. Joseph, who he said overcame multiple crises by his trust in God.
Bishop Christian Carlassare of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Rumbek has described St. Joseph as “a concrete man” that was in touch with the reality of his time.
St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary can be inspirational in handling cases of “embarrassment” between spouses, the Archbishop of Kenya’s Kisumu Archdiocese has said.
St. Joseph does not have any words recorded in sacred Scripture, but the published meditations of an 18th-century Italian nun offer the chance to imagine the details of the Holy Family’s daily life as it might have been from the perspective of the foster father of Jesus.
St. Joseph shows us how to “welcome surprises” when things do not go the way we expected, Pope Francis said Sunday in his weekly Angelus message.
The 85-year-old pontiff gifted a statue of St. Joseph and the Child Jesus to the archbishop’s residence in Québec City.
Pope Francis has written a letter to the Congregation of Saint Joseph.
At the general audience, he concluded his 12-week catechesis on St. Joseph.
He said that the ethical principle ‘applies to everyone, not just Christians or believers.’
He encouraged parents to turn to St. Joseph for help, including those whose children are of ‘different sexual orientations.’
The pope made the comment at his general audience.
The pope discussed his devotion to St. Joseph in an interview with L’Osservatore Romano.
He led a moment’s silence at his general audience.
The general audience featured a circus performance.
When threatened, we all have the possibility of becoming "little Herods," Pope Francis said.
The pope appealed for prayers for Haiti at his general audience.
St. Joseph poses as a role model that every married Christian man should emulate when it comes to parenting, the Bishop of South Africa’s Kimberley Catholic Diocese has said.
‘We need to move from infatuation to mature love,’ the pope said.
The pope’s general audience address focused on the genealogy of Jesus.