Palestine’s Vatican envoy urges Gaza ceasefire for Ramadan, Easter
Palestinian Ambassador to the Holy See, Issa Kassissieh, on Monday met with a top Vatican official about the ongoing war in Gaza, stressing the need for immediate humanitarian assistance and calling...
View ArticleClergy meet with drug lords to negotiate peace in Mexico
After almost 10 days of terror in Chilpancingo, Guerrero’s capital city, peace was finally attained after a priest got the leaders of both gangs to negotiate by phone on Feb. 13. In that period, two...
View ArticlePope resumes schedule, but says he still has a cold and visits hospital
ROME – After taking several days off due to what the Vatican described as a mild flu, Pope Francis on Wednesday resumed his normal schedule, but had an aide read his remarks during a public address and...
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The pope’s messengers: Five names to know in Vatican diplomacy right now
ROME — When it comes to leadership and governance, the old adage that “personnel is policy” is true of just about everyone — including popes. As a pontiff with a very clear set of pastoral and...
View ArticleSaint of the day: Oswald
St. Oswald was a king of Northumbria from 634 until his death. He spread the Christian faith throughout his kingdom, and was generous to the poor. The post Saint of the day: Oswald first appeared on...
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Benjamin Fondane: The Holocaust victim not ‘resigned’ to live without God
A Romanian Jew who became a French intellectual, Benjamin Fondane was a man of many parts. A poet, a philosopher, a cineaste with connections to the French avant-garde, he was a citizen of the world...
View ArticlePriests protest Argentina government’s funding cuts for city slums
After President Javier Milei’s administration decided to cut funds for public works in poor neighborhoods and slums in Argentina, dozens of priests released a letter protesting the measure. A decree...
View ArticleVatican publishes full papal schedule for Holy Week, Easter
Pope Francis' calendar for Holy Week and Easter is just as full as in previous years despite a mild illness which has caused him to cancel meetings in the days leading up to the release of his...
View ArticleChurch historian argues for a slower conclave to face Information Age dangers
ROME – A prominent progressive supporter of Pope Francis has suggested changes to the rules governing conclaves to slow down the election of the next pope, in order to guard against the possibility...
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Once scattered, a collection of mythical glass plants returns
One of the biggest thrills of my New Hampshire childhood was the field trip my elementary school class once took to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. To a kid raised among apple orchards and...
View ArticleSaint of the day: David of Wales
Little is known about the life of St. David of Wales. The earliest biographies of his life date to centuries after his death. He is said to have been conceived in rape, although this cannot be...
View ArticleThird Sunday of Lent: Spiritual sacrifices
Ex. 20:1-17 / Ps. 19:8-11 / 1 Cor. 1:22-25 / Jn. 2:13-25 Jesus does not come to destroy the temple, but to fulfill it (see Matthew 5:17) — to reveal its true purpose in God’s saving plan. He is the...
View ArticleA record percentage of young adults will never marry, study shows
A new study claims one-in-three young adults in the United States will never marry. Writing for the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), Lyman Stone says these are close to the lowest levels ever...
View ArticleEliminating differences with gender ideology is terrible danger, pope says
The gifts of men and women are "fruitful" together, and to erase the difference between men and women "is to erase humanity," Pope Francis said. "Today the worst danger is gender ideology, which erases...
View ArticleSaint of the day: Agnes of Prague
St. Agnes of Prague was born in Prague in 1200. She was the daughter of the King of Bohemia and Constance of Hungary, who was a relative of St. Elizabeth. When she was young, Agnes was sent to the...
View ArticleSaint of the day: Katharine Drexel
St. Katharine Drexel was born on November 26, 1858. Her family was wealthy and well-connected, and they used their status to provide for the less fortunate. Three times a week, Katharine’s mother...
View ArticleThe ‘Father’s Father’ behind the Catholic Wild Goose TV
Writing in Catholic media means that I get a lot of unsolicited emails and Facebook notifications about Catholic media. Most of them are the variety of podcasts and opinion videos I have written enough...
View ArticleSaint of the day: Casimir of Poland
St. Casimir Jagiellon was born in 1458. He was the third child of King Casimir IV of Poland and his wife Elizabeth of Austria, and has 12 siblings. He and several of his brothers studied with John...
View ArticlePope asks children to make the world better, one little step at a time
Making the world a better place for everyone starts with prayer and little steps like saying hello, sorry or thank you, Pope Francis said in a letter to the world's children. "Our world will change if...
View ArticleSpeakers, stats show urgent need for parishes to welcome young, old with...
From 2015 to 2017, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 17% -- about one in six -- of children ages 3-17 were diagnosed with a developmental disability, including...
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