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Five Spanish Franciscan friars, collectively known as the “Georgia Martyrs,” will be beatified in Savannah, Georgia, on Oct. 31. The five Spanish Franciscan friars collectively known as the “Georgia Martyrs” will be beatified in Savannah, [...] ... read more

The three pillars of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—must always be our primary focus during these forty days. The purpose—or end—of these disciplines is to grow closer to God through spiritual and corporal works. While we [...] ... read more

Diocese of Savannah Five Spanish Franciscan missionaries — Father Pedro de Corpa, Father Blas Rodríguez, Father Miguel de Añon, Brother Antonio de Badajóz, and Father Francisco de Veráscola — were martyred in 1597 in the present-day state of Georgia. Five Spanish Franciscan friars, collectively known as the 'Georgia Martyrs,' will be beatified in Savannah, ... read more

Carrying a sink, Bishop Brian McGee climbed a hill overlooking Oban, Scotland, to bring attention to the need for greater access to clean water in Ethiopia. Bishop Brian McGee, the bishop president of the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), climbed a hill overlooking Oban, Scotland, to bring attention to ... read more

(Image: Jude Beck/Unsplash.com) For nearly 12 years, American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program has served parents, teachers, and students by providing authentically Catholic pro-life materials for kids in pre-K-12th grade. What began as a small program has grown exponentially, and now our downloadable lesson booklets (most of which have an imprimatur and a nihil obstat) ... read more

Habsburg has been involved with the foundation since 1985, most recently as its communications and fundraising director. The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has appointed Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg as its new [...] ... read more

Creativejobs51 The health system has its roots in a network of hospitals founded by the Sisters of Providence starting in the mid-19th century. The lawsuit alleged that Providence Health had failed to adhere to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act in managing the company’s 401(k) plan. ... read more

The SSPX refused to postpone the July 1 consecrations as a condition of doctrinal talks. Canon law foresees automatic excommunication for bishops involved in unauthorized episcopal consecrations. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith | Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News The Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) says it ... read more

Next week will mark the 34th anniversary of my decision to become Catholic. When I look back on that time, I’m amazed by how little I knew, and how Our Lord and Our Lady guided me into the Church in spite of my ignorance. I was also hopelessly naïve: I saw the Church through rose-colored ... read more

The lawsuit alleged that Providence Health had failed to adhere to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act in managing the company’s 401(k) plan. Credit: sergign/Shutterstock The Catholic health system Providence Health & Services has agreed to a $42 million payout as part of a class-action lawsuit regarding the management ... read more

Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The SSPX refused to postpone the July 1 consecrations as a condition of doctrinal talks. Canon law foresees automatic excommunication for bishops involved in unauthorized episcopal consecrations. ... read more

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House. (Credit: The White House) The USCCB’s report warns of threats to religious liberty, citing political violence, limits on ministry in federal systems, and policies affecting schools, detainees, and religious groups.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued its ... read more

Canon Robin Ward announced on social media Feb. 14 that he had been received into the Church at St. Michael’s Benedictine Abbey, Farnborough, by its abbot, Benedictine Dom Cuthbert Brogan. The new Catholic said in his post: ‘Has been received into the Catholic Church. Please pray for me.’ Robin Ward, a patristics scholar ... read more

SOPA Images A group of migrants in front of the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona. The Spanish government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, approved an extraordinary regularization granting legal residency and work rights to around 500,000 undocumented migrants. COMMENTARY: Recent events in Spain, South Africa and Kuwait have underscored the scope of the ... read more

Despite a Vatican offer of renewed theological dialogue, the Society of St. Pius X says it will consecrate bishops without papal approval, presenting the pope with a major test of church unity. ... read more