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Diocese ‘hires’ AI fundraising staffer in pilot program. Meet ‘Maria’
A Connecticut diocese has a new fundraising officer on its team, and her name is Maria – but don’t expect to find her sitting at a desk in the pastoral …
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Buenos Aires archbishop laments lack of unity at Mass for Pope Francis
Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva of Buenos Aires rebuked the country’s political class for ignoring Pope Francis’ magisterium on unity by bickering among themselves at a Mass celebrated on the anniversary …
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Our Shepherd, Jesus, Leads Us With Care Toward Heavenly Home
(See the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter) Psalm 23 is one of the most beloved readings in the psalter. Listening to or reading the words conjures the beautiful …
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Most US adults still support abortion access, despite declines for some Christians
Though majorities in both groups support abortion being legal, a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that both white Catholics and white mainline/nonevangelical Protestants have demonstrated a small …
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Indigenous coalition continues challenge to mining project on religious liberty grounds
An Indigenous coalition filed an updated lawsuit in federal district court in Phoenix on April 22, their latest attempt to block a land transfer including their sacred site at Oak …
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10 Tiny Toes, One Decade: The ‘Toes-a-ry’ Is the Sweetest New Way to Pray the Rosary
Courtesy photos L to R: LaLaika Ordoñez prays ‘Toesary’ and holds her son. The post that has been viewed nearly 65,000 times features the toes of a Catholic mom’s third …
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1 in 6 Face Infertility; Catholic Author Urges Faith-Filled Support
Courtesy photoLeigh Snead of The Catholic Association can also be heard on EWTN Radio. During National Infertility Awareness Week, author and EWTN radio host Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead shared encouragement and …
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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love
Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters while returning to Rome, following an 11-day trip in Africa, on April 23, 2026. (Image: Screen shot / EWTN News) “Indeed it is through …
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ASIA/HONG KONG – To be open to the Holy Spirit: Cardinal Chow’s encouragement to the first seven catechists sent according to the indications of “Antiquum ministerium”
Hong Kong – “Be open to the Holy Spirit and give the mission of catechists a new, multifaceted, and profound meaning,” said Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of the Diocese …
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Kicked out of Mass as a mischievous child, Pope Leo will ordain him Sunday
Seminarians shared their personal stories of hearing and responding to God’s call to the priesthood. Pope Leo XIV at the ordination of 32 priests in June 2025 at St. Peter’s …