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The House of Windsor. (Image: Simon Hurry / Unsplash.com) It was highly amusing for me to read the comments to my “Winnowing Weasel Words” piece, recently published by CWR. First, I was described as an American, and then, when the editor pointed out that I am an Australian, it was said that ... read more

Statue of the Archangel Michael (us.fotolia.com/scaliger) Controversy continues in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union. On behalf of “[f]ifteen residents and taxpayers,” ACLU sued the City of Quincy and its mayor, Thomas P. Koch, to prevent the placement of statues of Saint Florian and Michael the Archangel on a new public ... read more

The Immaculate Heart A Marian prayer prayed by Sts. Louis de Montfort and John Paul II ... read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in Piazza della Libertà at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, for the recitation of the Angelus on August 30, 2026. The pontiff said believers should speak honestly to God in moments of confusion while humbly accepting his ways. ... read more

A regional government’s minister of culture highlighted the cause for beatification of Queen Isabella during a meeting with Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. Archbishop Luis Argüello and Alberto Díaz Pico. | Credit: Regional Government of Castile and León The regional government ... read more

A regional government’s minister of culture highlighted the cause for beatification of Queen Isabella during a meeting with Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. Archbishop Luis Argüello and Alberto Díaz Pico. | Credit: Regional Government of Castile and León The regional government ... read more

The regional government of Castile and León in Spain highlighted the beatification cause of Queen Isabella during a meeting with the archbishop of Valladolid and president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, Luis Argüello.During a meeting between Argüello and the minister of culture, tourism, and sport, Alberto Díaz Pico, the regional government expressed its “interest in ... read more

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for the immediate release of hostages taken in a deadly massacre in Haiti, appealed to authorities to protect the population from violence and prayed for victims of severe flooding in Nepal and Tibet.Speaking after the Angelus in Castel Gandolfo on Aug. 30, the pope said ... read more

NAIROBI, Kenya — For a priest, taking time to rest is not a “luxury,” the secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization said, urging priests to embrace healthy periods away from work to sustain their physical and mental health.In his address during the launch of a six-week formation program that seeks to explore priestly life ... read more

On April 7, 2009, Mariela Villanueva landed in Venezuela convinced that she was going to end her marriage. Five years had passed since her husband, Harold Figueras, had left his family in Peru and rebuilt his life in another country. She carried with her the pain of a long separation and the resolve to sign ... read more

Irish Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh prays near the tomb of Venerable Fr. Edward Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, at Dowd Memorial Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Omaha July 16, 2026. The parish serves the village of Boys Town. (OSV News/The Catholic Voice/Riley Johnson) ... read more

From Sunday's Gospel: "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his ... read more

(Image: Detail from the cover of "T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life" by Lyndall Gordon / wwnorton.com) In her admirably updated and revised critical biography, T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life, Lyndall Gordon plunders the various works of her subject to show how suffused they are with the travails of a life, especially the life’s ... read more

What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family Timothy S. Goeglein, a former White House official and long-time vice president of government affairs at Focus on the Family, has written a book titled What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family. At the beginning, he states his intent: “I will look ... read more

Pope Leo XIV travels across Lake Albano, Castel Gandolfo, Aug. 29, 2026. Leo took part in a Marian procession on the lake, becoming the first pope to travel by boat across the waters there according to the Vatican. The Holy Father was the first pope to travel across the waters of the lake ... read more