After arriving in Castel Gandolfo for short mini-break, Pope Leo XIV briefly spoke to reporters about different conflicts taking place in the world. Speaking about Ukraine just days before U.S. President Donald Trump meets with…
St. Maximilian Kolbe (bearded, in front row, center) and his companions in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1936. / Credit: Public Domain/Courtesy of “Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz”/Sophia Institute Press Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 14, 2025…
Wikimedia Commons Pope John XXIII presiding the opening Mass of the Second Vatican Council. COMMENTARY: In proclaiming Jesus Christ as the answer to the question that is every human life, Catholicism is, was, and always…
Delegates of the third Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life gathered in Ivory Coast’s city of Abidjan from Aug. 5–10, 2025. / Credit: Radio Grace Espoir ACI Africa, Aug 13, 2025 /…
Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican three weeks ago, after a stay at the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo, but Rome is pretty much a ghost town between August 13 and whatever Tuesday…
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – African terrorism does not emerge from religious institutions as commonly portrayed, but rather from the political machinations of power brokers, says Catholic philosopher John Kanumbo. In an article titled “Terrorism in Mozambique…
Simone RisolutiAmerican-born Pope Leo waves to the faithful during his Aug. 6, 2025, general audience as the flag of his homeland flies in St. Peter’s Square. Aug. 16 marks the first 100 days of his…
Anonymous, “St. Francis de Sales,” Château de Bussy-Rabutin The young saint’s darkest trial revealed the power of the Memorare to bring peace and hope.
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, “A Reading From Homer,” 1885 Amid modernity’s mayhem and madness, the power of literature has often raised a powerful reactionary voice.
BARCELONA, Spain – Vox, the leader of the far-right party in Spain, has accused the Spanish bishops of being neutered by government grants and the fallout from the sexual abuse crisis. The row erupted following…