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Registration for the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) has “more than doubled” on college campuses across the country as Catholic conversions continue to rise, according to recent data.“On campuses of various sizes, all across the United States, Catholicism is on the rise,” Hallow reported in an Aug. 19 study that found that OCIA ... read more

Lusaka – Post-election tensions are continuing in Zambia, where today, 24 August, the High Courts, including those in Lusaka, Ndola and other cities, were closed, preventing opposition leader Brian Mundubile from filing a petition challenging President Hakainde Hichilema’s victory in the elections held on 13 August .According to the official results published by the Independent ... read more

Rimini – At the Rimini Meeting, the major annual cultural and ecclesial gathering held in the city on Italy’s Adriatic coast, a session devoted to St Augustine brought together scholar Catherine Conybeare, Prior General of the Augustinians, Fr Joseph L. Farrell, and Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers. Entitled “In Augustine’s Footsteps: Truth, restlessness and ... read more

One priest told Valencia's archbishop: "We cannot go rescue people; we do not have the machinery, and we do not know how to rescue those who might be under the rubble. But we can, and we do know how to console people." ... read more

“The people of God must know that the priest is with them, that he is for them, and that he acts only with their best interest in mind,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told 14 newly ordained priests. [...] ... read more

MAKURDI, Nigeria — Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco urged 14 newly ordained priests in Nigeria to model their ministry on Christ’s sacrificial love and remain close to those entrusted to their pastoral care.In his homily during the Aug. 22 priestly ordinations of 14 deacons for the Diocese of Makurdi, Cordileone said ... read more

The memories of Aug. 27, 2025, are painful for Molly and Matt Stommes. "On the days where I feel the saddest and low, I do have a lot of hope for our future, and I know that God has a plan for all of us," Molly says. ... read more

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, “Temperance (Detail),” ca. 1338-1340 COMMENTARY: A famous saying — ‘It ain’t over over till it’s over’ — has untapped wisdom and should be recalled and applied to the current debate on euthanasia. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV receives a statue of St. Michael the Archangel from a soldier after his private audience with the Military Ordinariate of Portugal at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on Aug. 24, 2026. The pontiff reflected on military values in a private audience with the Military Ordinariate of Portugal on ... read more

The pontiff reflected on military values in a private audience with the Military Ordinariate of Portugal on Aug. 24. Pope Leo XIV receives a statue of St. Michael the Archangel from a soldier after his private audience with the Military Ordinariate of Portugal at the ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has emphasized the nobility of a soldier’s mission to defend one’s homeland and uphold the rule of law.The pontiff held a private audience on Aug. 24 at the Vatican with a delegation from the Military Ordinariate of Portugal, which celebrated 60 years since its establishment in 1966. The delegation included members of ... read more

Renowned saxophonist "Blue Lou" Marini, who was part of the Blues Brothers band, gave Pope Leo XIV a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses similar to a pair Leo sported as a young seminarian, when he was dressed up as a member of the Blues Brothers.  ... read more

Melissa Hartog/Illustration The beloved 'Bear of Little Brain' turns 100 this year. ‘Milne never preaches,’ Ashenden reflected. ‘He simply shows us a small world ordered by mercy and lets children grow up half-remembering that this is how the real world ought to be.’ ... read more

Melissa Hartog/Illustration The beloved 'Bear of Little Brain' turns 100 this year. ‘Milne never preaches,’ Ashenden reflected. ‘He simply shows us a small world ordered by mercy and lets children grow up half-remembering that this is how the real world ought to be.’ ... read more

Religious tourism draws hundreds of millions of people to various sites each year, generating billions of dollars, and the Americas have some of the most frequently visited shrines and basilicas.However, religious tourism is far from reaching its full potential, according to Adrián Lomello, director for the Americas of the World Religious Tourism Network. The situation, ... read more