Year: 2026

Eighty and six years have I served him, and he never did me any injury; how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior? — St. Polycarp

The great themes–the annual catechumenate by which all the people of the Church are renewed in the baptismal promises they repeat at the Easter Vigil; the adventure of God in …

Pope Leo XIV began a Lenten retreat with the Roman Curia at the Vatican on Sunday. Cistercian Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, is leading the spiritual exercises at the …

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to switch off their cellphones during Lent to create room for silence and prayer, while also calling Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine as …

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday visited Rome’s Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in the central Castro Pretorio neighborhood, steps from Termini station, telling parishioners that true freedom “is fulfilled by …

by Cosimo Graziani Addis Ababa – On February 13, the Symposium of Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar and the African Union renewed their memorandum of intent, originally signed in …

ecent statements continue U.S. bishops’ legacy of opposing virtually every major U.S. military intervention since Vietnam, except the invasion of Afghanistan, writes Gerard F. Powers.

 A prayer verse is included at the base of the cross installed Feb. 20. It reads: “You alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are …

If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades. — St. John Chrysostom

From the Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent, Year A: At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He …