Month: February 2026

My 82-year-old spiritual director, Sr. Connie Kramer, had an inoperable brain tumor in the shape of a butterfly. Her spiritual guidance was present until the end. Grief calls us to …

In his latest single, “Streets of Minneapolis,” Bruce Springsteen offers Americans a soundtrack to the liturgy of protest.

Seoul – “World Youth Day Seoul 2027 will be the first WYD to be held in a country with a non-Christian majority and the second in Asia. “It will offer …

Kinshasa – Security in exchange for minerals. This is the “deal” between the United States government and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which forms the basis of the “U.S.-DRC Strategic …

O Mary, mirror of patience, you alone are my help in my temptations. — Bl. Bartolo Longo

John Lancaster Spalding (1840-1916) was the first bishop of Peoria, Illinois–born in Lebanon, Kentucky of one of the oldest Catholic families in America. Ordained in 1863 and consecrated bishop in …

The Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Pius IX (1792-1878), who reigned as pope from 1846-1878. He was the last pope to hold temporal power for the Papal States, before they were …

As the Church marks the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Leo XIV renewed what he called the Church’s “urgent call” to end a crime …

At his installation Mass, Archbishop Ronald Hicks described a church that feeds the hungry, upholds human dignity, protects children, promotes healing for survivors, cares for creation and builds unity.