Daily Readings

The Holy See has reaffirmed its position against surrogacy in a statement to the United Nations, urging the complete eradication of the practice and calling for the protection of women and children from exploitation.Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the U.N., highlighted the urgency and sensitivity of the ... read more

In a final vote, members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have rejected a bill that would have made assisted suicide legal — a dramatic turn of events that Scotland’s Catholic bishops are attributing to the power of prayer.Reacting to the result immediately after its announcement on March 17, Scotland’s bishops told EWTN News: “Prayer is what ... read more

Archbishop Josef Grünwidl of Vienna has called for a Church in which “renewal and change” are possible, telling Austria’s bishops that what comes from the Holy Spirit cannot be stopped by canon law.Grünwidl delivered the sermon on March 11 at the Austrian Bishops’ Conference spring plenary in a Styrian parish church, Kathpress reported. The Vienna ... read more

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in full bloom in 2026, impacting virtually every professional and educational realm of society.Mindful of this reality, Pope Leo XIV recently advised the priests of Rome to use “their brains more” rather than AI when preparing homilies, a practice that appears to be beginning to spread among some members of the ... read more

On March 18, the Catholic Church honors St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century bishop and doctor of the Church whose writings are still regarded as masterful expressions of the Christian faith.St. Cyril is also remembered for his exhaustive biblical knowledge and his endurance in the face of misunderstanding and opposition. Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox ... read more

Jesus answered the Jews: "My Father is at work until now, so I am at work."For this reason they tried all the more to kill him,because he not only broke the sabbathbut he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.Jesus answered and said to them,"Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son ... read more

The first reading from Isaiah represents one of the most striking passages of the Bible that affirms the love of God for his people. It was a message of consolation addressed to the Jewish captives in Babylon promising them the joys of Messianic times. We are also captives and exiles because of our sins and ... read more

“God is good. God is good,” said Michael B. Jordan in his speech after winning the 2026 Oscar for Best Actor for the film “Sinners.”Jordan also highlighted the presence and company of his family: “Hey mom, wassup? You all know how I feel about my mom, and my dad is here. ... He flew all ... read more

The Vatican Court of Appeal has ordered a partial retrial in the high-profile London property finance case, ruling that key parts of the original proceedings were invalid due to procedural issues.The case stems from the Vatican Secretariat of State’s investment of approximately 350 million pounds in a luxury property in London’s Chelsea neighborhood on Sloane ... read more

While Iran’s Kharg Island has drawn global attention due to its pivotal role in the energy market amid escalating military tensions, its Christian history remains far less known, even though its architectural remains and ecclesiastical carvings testify to a forgotten chapter in the region’s past.Kharg Island is located in the northeastern part of the Persian “Arabian” ... read more

MADHUPUR, Bangladesh — Indigenous Catholic and tribal leaders in central Bangladesh are warning the government that a stronger protest movement will follow if it does not withdraw a contested forest development project before the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan this week.The Garo and Koch Indigenous peoples say a government plan to dig ... read more

There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gatea pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes.In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled.One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.When Jesus saw him lying thereand ... read more

The mercy of God is not an invitation to sin. He may forgive us and take away the punishment due to sin. But let us not take it as an encouragement to sin more freely. The warning which Christ has just given to the man cured of his long infirmity is also meant for us: ... read more

An Iranian-launched missile exploded over Jerusalem, and fragments fell near several of the cityʼs holiest sites, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.TweetAccording to a statement released by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, fragments of the missile “fell on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Armenian Patriarchate, the Jewish Quarter, and the Temple Mount, ... read more

Jürgen Habermas, the philosopher whose debate with the future Pope Benedict XVI on the foundations of democracy became a touchstone for the relationship between faith and reason, has died at 96.Habermas emerged from the so-called Frankfurt School, which linked its philosophical and sociological ideas to Karl Marx and figures such as Sigmund Freud. The Frankfurt ... read more