Month: July 2026

I know a great deal of Greek and Latin learning. I have still to learn even the alphabet of how to be a saint. — St. Arsenius

From Sunday’s Gospel: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all …

Jakarta – Pope Leo XIV has urged the Churches of Asia to recognize that ecclesial communion “finds its source in the mystery of Christ” and encouraged them to “continue to …

Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia el-Kassis, who is also apostolic delegate to the Arabian Peninsula, succeeds Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, who is now the papal nuncio to the United States.

A sedevacantist group of monks in Scotland hosted an illicit consecration of a “bishop” on July 25 in spite of repeated warnings that doing so would constitute a schismatic act …

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Lebanese-born Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis to serve as the Holy See’s permanent observer at the United Nations in New York, the Vatican announced on July 25. …

New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, introduced on July 21 a bill designed to protect pregnant mothers who are surrogates from …

The July 29 concert was organized by Bocelli’s charitable foundation to take place at the Vatican’s Borgo Laudato Si’ gardens in Castel Gandolfo. 

A Vatican-hosted summit on nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted Pope Leo XIV’s continued focus on peace-building efforts, according to a Catholic professor who participated in the event. Maryann …

The parents of Blair and Brooke Harber, the Catholic sisters who died in the 2025 Texas Hill Country flash floods, shared how their faith has sustained them through the tremendous …