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If you've never experienced the mystery of a resurrection, buy a package of seeds and plant them in some fertile soil.  ... read more

NCR Book Club: Kate Ward's Making a Life expands commonly held understandings of work and reevaluates worker justice, looking at the whole person, not merely person-as-employee. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV met with students and professors at the Catholic University of Central Africa (video) and told them that no society can “flourish unless it is grounded in upright consciences, formed in the truth.” ... read more

Hong Kong – “Eighty years ago, on this very day, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the elevation of Hong Kong from an Apostolic Vicariate to the rank of a diocese. We are grateful for the selfless dedication of so many of our predecessors who, through the proclamation of the Gospel, the liturgy, community involvement, education, and ... read more

Islamabad – Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi described the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling, which calls on the Islamabad-Rawalpindi city government to "develop a comprehensive legal framework for the recognition of slums within one month," as "a significant step toward protecting the rights of disadvantaged communities." "The decision is a positive step toward resolving the long-standing ... read more

(Image: Xavi Cabrera / Unsplash.com) These past few days have given us a series of civic episodes in which the public square seems to lose its mind all at once. Let’s consider just a few of them. Joy Behar said on ABC’s “The View” that Jesus never went around declaring Himself the ... read more

There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. — St. Basil the Great ... read more

Today the Church in Canada celebrates the Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin (1809-1890), the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne. Her work established universal education, so that there was a standard for both boys and girls, and men and women could teach both. She suffered greatly from persecution from the ... read more

Pope Leo was captivated by this new statue of St. Augustine at the Catholic University of Central Africa, where St. Augustine stands in the shape of Africa, holding a book with the words in Latin written “Tolle lege,” the words he heard in the midst of his conversion. Click here for more updates on ... read more

Roxane Salonen Bishop Andrew Cozzens of the Diocese of Crookston speaks at the closing of a 40 Days for Life campaign in Moorhead, Minnesota, on March 29. At a 40 Days for Life closing in Minnesota, the Crookston bishop recounts how his mother refused an abortion recommendation — and how that decision shaped his ... read more

Mandel Ngan This photo illustration shows President Donald Trump with an AI-generated image he posted Sunday on Truth Social following his criticism of Pope Leo XIV. COMMENTARY: President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV has brought a simmering tension into the open. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV holds a sculpture at Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, on Friday, April 17, 2026. The Holy Father will stay in Cameroon one more night before traveling to Angola on April 18. ... read more

A copy of ‘He Leadeth Me’ by Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek is pictured April 17, 2026. The canonization cause for Father Ciszek has ended. After the Vatican halted the sainthood cause of Father Walter Ciszek, a proponent of his cause said the suspension ‘does not diminish the enduring spiritual value’ of Father Ciszek’s ... read more

In 1949, Ida Friederike Görres wrote, “That which is unnatural … people say, is indissolubility.” She disagreed. By 1971, when she sent her final book, What Binds Marriage Forever (CUA Press, 2026), to the publisher, she saw that this argument was one of the battering rams used by the sexual liberationists pushing for divorce ... read more

Diocese of Savannah Five Georgia Martyrs: Five Spanish Franciscan missionaries, Father Pedro de Corpa, Father Blas Rodríguez, Father Miguel de Añon, Brother Antonio de Badajóz, and Father Francisco de Veráscola were martyred in 1597 in the present-day state of Georgia. The bishop of Savannah, Georgia, looks forward to ‘welcoming many visitors’ this fall ... read more