- Politics as pigsty: Demise in civility drags down recent House hearingThe professional wrestling match, I mean the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, was a series of nasty verbal insults and partisan attacks that did nothing to advance the cause of justice. ... read more
- For Kansas City parish, affiliation is not complicityA recent column "misunderstands both how parishes function and how moral accountability is most faithfully pursued within the Catholic tradition," writes Steve Miller. ... read more
- In South Africa’s coal belt, girls disappear — and Catholic sisters quietly pull them backAs illegal mining spreads through abandoned shafts in South Africa, Catholic religious women risk their lives to rescue girls coerced into sex and early marriages in communities the state struggles to protect. ... read more
- Humanitarian catastrophe looms in South Sudan; Cardinal Mulla, UN plead for reconciliation (CWN)The Vatican newspaper warned that over 825,000 children are at risk of malnutrition in South Sudan amid escalating violence, as a peace agreement that ended the South Sudanese Civil War unravels. ... read more
- Frequent the sacraments and be active in charity, Pope tells Misericordie movement (CWN)Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the Misericordie movement to be rooted in Catholic spirituality and sacramental practice and to be active in charity. ... read more
- Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary TimeJames, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings.Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters,when you encounter various trials,for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.And let perseverance be perfect,so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.But if any ... read more
- St. Ignatius of Antioch—He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost. — St. Ignatius of Antioch ... read more
- Feb. 16 Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, WeekdayToday the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Juliana, Virgin and Martyr (c. 305). St. Juliana was a Christian virgin of Cumae, Italy, martyred for the faith when she refused to marry a Roman prefect. She suffered terrible ordeals and was finally beheaded. One tradition reports that Juliana actually suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia and that her relics ... read more
- The Year of Saint Francis: With Insights from Franciscans
- God and the gods: A review of The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin
- DC bishop: Catholics should ‘get the facts’ on immigration, Church teachings
- DC bishop: Catholics should ‘get the facts’ on immigration, Church teachingsCatholics must educate themselves on “the facts” regarding the U.S. immigration system and the Church’s teachings on the matter, according to Washington, D.C., Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala.Following his participation in a panel at the New York Encounter titled “Seeking a Home: A Catholic View on the Status of Immigration to the U.S.,” Menjivar-Ayala told EWTN ... read more
- Ukraine Bishop at New York Encounter: War Begins When Man Rejects God From His HeartL to R: Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv, Father Wojciech Stasiewicz, and Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, speak at the New York Encounter on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. ‘We can say that, thanks to God, thanks to our faith, we have a strong foundation,’ Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk said. ... read more
- Slowing of Religious Decline Points to ‘Shifting’ Faith Landscape, Experts Say at New York EncounterPanelists (from left) Brandon Vaidyanathan, Chip Rotolo, Lauren Jackson and Justin Brierley speak at New York Encounter on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. According to Pew data, the share of U.S. adults identifying as Christian is down from 2007 levels but has held steady since 2020. ... read more
- Catholic Thinkers, Tech Experts Reflect on Promise and Perils of AI at New York EncounterL to R: Panelists Davide Bolchini of Indiana University; Chuck Rossi, an engineer at Meta; and Paul Scherz, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, discuss how Catholic social teaching can address the challenges of AI at New York Encounter on Feb. 14, 2026, in New York City. ‘The Pope ... read more
