Year: 2026

The Michigan Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s bishops, called on voters to reject a ballot proposal that would convene a state constitutional convention. “With the nationalization of state-based politics …

My good friend Kevin Wells recently implored a priest of the SSPX to consider leaving the order not so much because the bishops of the SSPX have been declared to …

A Norbertine priest celebrated a traditional Premonstratensian Rite Mass at the ruins of Bayham Old Abbey on July 11. “Celebrating the Holy Mass in the ruined sanctuary of Bayham was …

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 20, a day after Russian missiles and …

Villanova University announced the establishment of the Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal, which will honor individuals “whose leadership has advanced sustainability, ecological responsibility, and integral human development.” Pope Leo, a …

Bishop John Barres of Rockville Centre, New York, and four women’s religious institutes filed suit against the State of New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act. “Beginning August 5, medical …

Flannery O’Connor, who had an admirable propensity for being honest, made the remark that “the truth will make you odd.” She would not be surprised, if she were around today, …

The chairmen the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration and Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation said in a joint statement that “acts that diminish or disregard the …

A photography exhibition, “Man and Nature: Fragile Balances” (image), is on display at Borgo Laudato Si’ in the Pontifical Gardens at Castel Gandolfo. The exhibition features the prizewinning photographs of …