Daily Readings

The Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, St. Joseph provided for the necessities of ... read more

An international team of scholars led by Professor Garrick V. Allen of the University of Glasgow in Scotland has successfully recovered 42 lost pages of one of the most important New Testament manuscripts, known as Codex H.The universityʼs College of Arts and Humanities announced April 24 that the codex, a sixth-century copy of St. Paul’s ... read more

Catholic bishops are asking lawmakers to reject legislation that would mandate insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization (IVF), a fertility treatment that violates Catholic teachings on life and human reproduction.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sent a letter to Congress on April 29 laying out concerns with the bill (H.R. 8119), which its sponsor, ... read more

The Catholic priest who created Operation Rice Bowl — Catholic Relief Services’ annual Lenten program — has died at the age of 95.Monsignor Robert Coll, a retired priest of the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, died on April 20 in Naples, Florida.Born on Aug. 13, 1930, Coll grew up in the Philadelphia area in a devout ... read more

A New York City street acquired a new name this past weekend honoring a Catholic sister’s decades of dedication to the East Harlem community.On Saturday, April 25, more than 100 people gathered to celebrate the newly named street — Sister Susanne Lachapelle Way — named for the life and legacy of Lachapelle and her contributions ... read more

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new report on April 30 detailing allegations of anti-Christian bias from former President Joe Biden’s administration and unveiling how President Donald Trump’s administration is working to reverse those policies.“When Christian beliefs about morality and human nature conflicted with the Biden Administration’s views, religious rights often suffered,” the executive ... read more

The International Association of Exorcists (AIE, by its Italian acronym) praised the “courage of Pope Leo” in the context of his constant calls for peace in the face of war and terrorism around the world and proposed various spiritual means to achieve peace.“In light of the dramatic global events currently unfolding, Pope Leo XIV, following ... read more

St. Louis de Montfort Academy, the independent boarding school for boys in Herndon, Pennsylvania, run by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) on April 25 inaugurated a four-level expansion of its main building, almost doubling its size.The event, which coincided with the academy’s 30th anniversary, was headlined by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke ... read more

The Archdiocese of Atlanta is launching a fully online high school program, known as Sacred Heart Virtual Academy, designed to expand access to Catholic education throughout Georgia and beyond. Enrollment is currently open for students in grades 9–12, both inside and outside of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, including those living in other states or countries.“We ... read more

From Paphos, Paul and his companionsset sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.On the sabbath they entered into the synagogue and took their seats.After the reading of the law and the prophets,the synagogue officials sent word to them,“My brothers, ... read more

Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Pius V (1504-1572). He joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though short, was one of the most fruitful of the sixteenth century. To Protestantism, which had proclaimed the Reformation, St. Pius replied by applying the decrees ... read more

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the temporary legal status of Haitian and Syrian migrants.Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for migrants from Syria, Haiti, and other countries. If the court rules that her ... read more

A proposed federal bill would allow child abuse victims to continue seeking evidence in civil suits even amid bankruptcy filings, a rule that could have significant consequences for U.S. Catholic dioceses facing abuse lawsuits. The bill, proposed by a bipartisan group of U.S. congresswomen and announced on April 29, would move to “address misuse of ... read more

The Trump administration has dissolved the governing body that oversees the National Science Foundation, which included two high-ranking staff members at The Catholic University of America (CUA).CUA Executive Vice President and Provost Aaron Dominguez was serving as vice chairman of the National Science Board (NSB) while CUA Vice Provost Victor McCrary was serving as NSB ... read more

The vociferous protests over a Hindu activist calling St. Francis Xavier — patron of the tiny Indian state of Goa, a former Portuguese colony on Indiaʼs west coast — a “terrorist” at a Hindu groupʼs convention subsided after state police traced the absconding insulter to the state of Himachal Pradesh in the foothills of the ... read more