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After James Naismith invented the sport in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891, YMCAs and colleges played key roles in the early expansion.  ... read more

The only larger settlement over sexual abuse claims in the U.S. was by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which agreed in 2024 to pay $880 million to 1,000 abuse victims, in addition to previous claims paid. ... read more

Truly matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made. — St. Peter of Alcantara ... read more

Sunday's Gospel: When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your ... read more

His candidacy "directly threatens several major tenets of the Church's social doctrine, the existence of democracy, national sovereignty, and the pursuit of the common good," the bishops said.  ... read more

by Marie-Lucile KubackiSaint Louis - A pioneer of Catholic education on the American frontier, Philippine Duchesne established the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States in 1818. Her journey forms part of the wider missionary history that shaped American Catholicism, marked at its origins by a strong French influence, a history reflected today ... read more

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem called the massacre of mourners at prayer "a grave offence against God and against humanity." ... read more

Denver Archbishop James Golka argued that advocating for unborn children, immigrants and poor families requires sustained engagement with political leaders, even when church officials disagree with their policies. ... read more

Students for Life of America and Turning Point USA teamed up this month to launch a new tour on college campuses, in which students are invited to debate the ethics of abortion with a pro-life speaker.The tour, titled “Feminists Lied: Prove Me Wrong,” features Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins. It began on Oct. 20 ... read more

On June 24, María Elena Rocha was in Caracas. That Wednesday, a public holiday in Venezuela, she decided to set out on a pilgrimage with two friends to visit sites associated with Venezuela’s first saints: St. Carmen Rendiles and St. José Gregorio Hernández.Her devotion made the circuitous, hourlong journey from her home in La Guaira ... read more

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was not a plaintiff in the lawsuit but filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs. ... read more

“He died doing what he loved, the Eucharist” is how Father Pedro Calle remembered his fellow Redemptorist, Father Patricio Sánchez Molinari, who died Oct. 17 after a large crucifix broke loose from the sanctuary wall and fell on him during Mass.“It’s not so easy to process or come to terms with this situation, given the ... read more

by Paolo AffatatoLoikaw – In the early days, only a handful of people came to the cathedral. Then, slowly, word spread through the villages and among families scattered by the war: the priest had returned, pastoral life was resuming, and the community could gather once again. Today, Fr Marko Phe Bya, Vicar General of the ... read more

There are three ways of writing a book about the Catholic Literary Revival and the many literary converts who graced it. The first way of doing so is to write an historical narrative which shows the revival and the conversions as a cultural phenomenon unfolding through time. This was the approach that I chose to ... read more

Although the exact formulation escapes me, there is a line in an essay by Romano Guardini that I’ve never forgotten, in which he says that, at the end of the day, there can be no moral difference in the sight of God between the sin of Cain, who killed his brother, and the sin of ... read more