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On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear hosts author and theologian John Dominic Crossan.

How happy I was, O good mother, to have the grace to gaze upon you. — St. Bernadette Soubirous

In 2018 Pope Francis decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar. The liturgical …

This first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV, devoted to the challenge of artificial intelligence, was given in Rome on May 15, 2026, and published on the Vatican website on May …

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Pentecost by highlighting the role of the Holy Spirit in his repeated calls for peace in recent months, saying the spirit also guides the Church to …

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV marked Pentecost Sunday with a plea for peace, praying that the Holy Spirit would save the world “from the evil of war” and renew …

This week the Vatican announced the upcoming release of Pope Leo XIVʼs long-awaited first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. Amid anticipation of the encyclical there is renewed interest in what papal documents are. …

Tamika Royes suggests that Black Catholic women can help revive the Catholic Church — if only they are permitted to make full use of their gifts.

On May 24, Catholics around the world celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost — the day on which the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples of Christ who gathered in Jerusalem …

“It will come to pass in the last days,” God says, “that I will pour out a portion of my spirit upon all flesh.” – Acts 2:17