Melissa Hartog/National Catholic Register illustrationL to R: St. Rose of Lima (1680) painting by Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos; ‘Saint Augustine’ by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1645 Hope-filled posts …
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced an initiative of prayer and action against abortion pills. The initiative concludes on October 31, at the end of Respect Life Month. …
Continuing his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV today reflected on sacred music.
“If we have, in good faith, offered temporary protected status, we should not return people until we deemed it safe to go back,” Bishop Brendan Cahill said. U.S. Immigration and …
The Trump administration has moved to end temporary protected status (TPS) for people from 13 countries since 2025, and Catholic bishops warn that people may still face unsafe conditions if …
In case anyone doesn’t think that surrogacy shamelessly commodifies children, exploits women, and is an utterly evil and dehumanizing process, they should pay attention to the story unfolding in Texas …
A parliamentary inquiry in the Australian state of Tasmania issued a 225-page report on discrimination and bullying in Tasmanian schools. Brian Mitchell, the member of parliament who chaired the committee, …
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, Germany, said in an interview that “a major challenge lies in defining for the universal Church what synodality is.” “There will be no ‘German …
The relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), to whom Our Lady appeared in Lourdes, will tour the United States in 2026-27. The tour will begin on September 18 at the …
(Images: Wikipedia) Fiction can often convey the human texture of a time and place better than scholarly works of history. Herewith, and in honor of the national semiquincentennial, some novels …
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