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Ave Maria University in Florida is setting out to make its students a fixture in the historically Catholic community surrounding Mount Melleray Abbey in County Waterford, Ireland.“We are not here to give our students a cultural exchange; we’re here to have a campus that is steeped both in our culture and the tradition of Ireland,” ... read more

Students at Ave Maria’s new Ireland campus will buck standard Catholic university study abroad standards, opting instead to live a Cistercian lifestyle at a centuries-old abandoned monastery. Mount Melleray Abbey with Cistercian cemetery. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Ave Maria University Ave Maria University in ... read more

Bogotà – The Sixth General Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon will take place in Bogotà from Monday, March 16, to Friday, March 20, during which the present and future of the Church's mission in the Amazon region will be addressed and the next steps in the new path initiated by the Synod ... read more

Opposing philosophies, distilled from two ancient sacred texts, are colliding in horrific ways, writes columnist Phyllis Zagano. ... read more

The nominees suggest "that both pure materialism and organized religion are either harmful or insufficient for addressing the problems of life," writes Joseph Holmes. "The answer is for individuals to form a personal faith."  ... read more

At the conclusion of his midday Angelus today, Pope Leo XIV call for a ceasefire in the Iran war and in the war in Lebanon. ... read more

As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”Jesus answered,“Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.We have to do the works of the one who sent me ... read more

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. — 1 John 4:10 ... read more

From the Gospel of the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A: As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, "Go wash in the Pool of Siloam" -- which means Sent ... read more

Bishop George Nkuo in August 2025 reflecting on his 19 years as bishop. (Image: Radio Evangelium Kumbo / YouTube screenshot) Amidst ongoing preparations for the arrival of Pope Leo XVI in Cameroon, the Bishop of Kumbo Diocese has offered a chilling appraisal of the ten-year separatist conflict that has devastated Cameroon’s English-speaking ... read more

((mage: Glenn Carstens-Peters / Unsplash.com) As a fan of police procedurals, I recently began watching the old series CSI: Miami. An episode from Season 1 entitled “Ashes to Ashes” left me awestruck with its handling of a delicate case. A young woman is found murdered in her car, and as the search for ... read more

‘Catholic Feast Days’ cover (detail) ‘Catholic Feast Days’ offers fresh ideas. ... read more

The move and the consolidation of Leo's team suggest a new chapter is opening as his pontificate nears the one-year mark. ... read more

The move was announced on March 14 by the Holy See Press Office, more than 10 months after Leo’s election. Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the Third Loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City. | Credit: ... read more

Pope Leo XIV on March 14 took possession of the traditional papal apartment within the Apostolic Palace, moving into the quarters traditionally reserved for his predecessors. The move was announced on March 14 by the Holy See Press Office, more than ten months after Leoʼs election.The Holy Father had been staying at an apartment at ... read more