- A Surprising Fallacy about Kindness – LifeCraft…This morning, I read a beautiful and practical insight about a power for good at my fingertips. The effects of kindness are disproportionately far-reaching. The more I think about it, the more I am convinced. And really encouraged. At times the ugliness of how people treat each other can be overwhelming. It doesn’t help that ... read more
- Defense of Latin Mass restrictions was distributed among cardinals during consistoryA leaked document that was distributed to cardinals during Pope Leo XIV's first extraordinary consistory shows that any discussion of the liturgy would have been framed around the further application of the reforms of Vatican II. ... read more
- Pope Leo XIV’s mosaic portrait ready for Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls…The Vatican Mosaic Studio of the Fabric of Saint Peter has completed the mosaic medallion dedicated to Pope Leo XIV, the Holy See Press Office announced on Wednesday. In accordance with the ancient tradition that accompanies the election of every Pope, just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the studio has ... read more
- Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forwardThe Vatican’s Court of Cassation has cleared the way for the appeal phase of the Secretariat of State funds trial — commonly tied in headlines to Cardinal Angelo Becciu — rejecting last-ditch procedural challenges and accepting the recusal of Vatican Promoter of Justice Alessandro Diddi from the case.In two separate rulings — one brief and another running ... read more
- God speaks to the faithful; take time to listen every day, pope saysIf Christians are to speak about God, then they must dedicate time each day and week to listening to God's word in prayer and the liturgy, Pope Leo XIV said. ... read more
- In Pittsburgh, pro-immigrant interfaith efforts emerge amid concerns about ICEOn Fridays, a group of interfaith believers holds a vigil outside the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, where over 800 people have been held amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. ... read more
- Faith leaders are denied access to immigration detainees in MinnesotaThe question of offering pastoral care to immigrant detainees has become a theological and legal flashpoint since President Donald Trump launched his mass deportation effort last year. ... read more
- Over 45,000 youths to make pilgrimage to Christ the King monument in MexicoTo commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Cristero War, also known as the Cristiada, more than 45,000 young people from all over Mexico will participate on Jan. 31 in the National Youth March to the monument to Christ the King on Cubilete Hill in Guanajuato state.The organizers announced at a Jan. 12 ... read more
