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A Tale of Two Forms of TDS
Probably my earliest recollection of Donald Trump was his cameo in Home Alone 2. Years later, I recall seeing fragments of the TV series The Apprentice. Unlike many others at …
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Pope emphasizes the Eucharist and evangelization at Mass in Equatorial Guinea (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass this morning at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea (video),
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Pope tells prisoners: ‘No one is excluded from God’s love!’ (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV visited a prison in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, this evening and told the prisoners that “today, I am here to tell you something simple: no one is excluded …
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Only 3 Christian villages in southern Lebanon remain inhabited (Vatican News (Italian))
Only three Christian villages in southern Lebanon—Rmeish, Debel, and Ain Ebel—have not been abandoned or destroyed by the Israeli army. Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for …
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Vatican spokesman sees African papal trip as ‘the journey that reveals the pontificate’ (Vatican News)
Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, said in an editorial that he sees Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to four African nations as “the journey that reveals the …
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, April 22, 2026
The Golden Dome atop the Main Building at the University of Notre Dame. / RebeccaDLev/Shutterstock. A Brief History of Catholic Higher Education (From the Academy): “Whatever they are doing and …
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Nature teaches me to celebrate Earth Day as my birthday
Mother Earth is creative, and just as she evolves, every human body and spirit also requires growth — this is part of the very nature of nature.
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In conversation, US bishops are learning new insights on LGBTQ+ Catholics
A series of meetings between bishops, experts and LGBTQ+ Catholics has broken the church’s “chilly silence” on LGBTQ+ pastoral care, writes New Ways Ministry executive director Francis DeBernardo.
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2 Catholic congressmen, 2 tales of El Salvador and US policy
At a congressional hearing, Sergio Arauz, president of the Association of Journalists of El Salvador, said that while it’s true that there’s a greater sense of safety in the country, …
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New ecological program trains US diocesan leaders to build Laudato Si’ momentum
With the inaugural Laudato Si’ Leadership Training, a collaboration between the U.S. bishops’ conference and the Lexington Diocese, 19 dioceses aim to develop action plans inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 …