Month: April 2026

“It‘s not about vengeance,” said Cardinal Baltazar Porras, archbishop emeritus of Caracas, while reflecting on Venezuela’s future following the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro by a U.S. military operation on …

Lionel Johnson (1867-1902) was a British critic and poet who converted to Catholicism in his early twenties. Known for poetry and his book The Art of Thomas Hardy, Johnson’s career …

Sister Mary Madeleva (1887-1964) was known for poetry, eloquence, and scholarship. She became the third president of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, from which she had herself graduated. …

James J. Daly (1872-1953) was an educator and author educated at St. Ignatius College in Chicago and St. Louis University. A Jesuit at 18, he was ordained in190. He served …

A popular American Catholic editor, author and lecturer, James Gillis (1876-1957) was raised in Boston. After attending St. Charles College, Baltimore, and St. Paul’s College, Washington, he earned his doctorate …

C. C. Martindale (1879-1963) became a Catholic on leaving Harrow and entered the Society of Jesus. Later, at Oxford, he took the highest classical honors. Ordained a priest in 1911, …

Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) is one of the greatest of Catholic cultural historians, having written definitive works on the historical rise a European culture. Receiving his M.A. at Trinity College, Oxford, …

VATICAN CITY — Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin warned that the “logic of the strongest” risks prevailing on the international stage and called on Christians to become “voices …

When Pope Leo XIV visits Africa for the first time as pontiff next week, Catholics and others across the continent will be watching with interest for what it reveals about …