Answer Jesus’ Summons for a Fuller Lenten Conversion
‘Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart’ (Joel 2:12). COMMENTARY: To live Lent well begins with a desire to go with Jesus into the desert and return profoundly changed.
Filipino Bishops Urge Faithful to Begin ‘Digital Media Fasting’
Danupol NoodamA young teen absorbed in her phone. ‘In stepping back from digital excess, we reclaim interior silence, deepen relationships, and rediscover God’s presence in daily life,’ the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said.
Diocese of Camden, NJ reaches $180 million abuse settlement
The Diocese of Camden in the U.S. state of New Jersey has announced an agreement to pay a $180 million settlement to more than 300 survivors of clerical sexual abuse. The news came on Tuesday…
Is It Wrong to Sell on Platforms That Fund Abortion?
In Green‘Selling Online’ DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: When online marketplaces support abortion, does selling goods there amount to sinful cooperation — or can such participation be morally permissible under certain conditions?
Vatican’s top diplomat says Holy See won’t join Board of Peace
The Holy See “will not participate in the Board of Peace because of its particular nature, which is evidently not that of other States.” The Vatican’s cardinal secretary of state, Pietro Parolin, made the statement…
‘Nostalgia, measured optimism, and a forlorn feeling’: Bp Matthew Kukah on 30 years of Ecclesia in Africa
Thirty years after Pope Saint John Paul II’s landmark Apostolic Exhortation, Ecclesia in Africa, the document remains both a beacon of hope and a mirror reflecting the continent’s unfinished journey. That’s according to Bishop Mathew…
Meet the priest serving ‘even nonbelievers’ at the Milan Winter Olympics
The role of chaplains at the Olympic Games is not just for Catholics and other believers, according to a priest currently serving at the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. “My service is much…
New US policy on AI threatens industry disruption, puts US at loggerheads with Holy See
AI giant Anthropic is facing potentially disastrous backlash from U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the recently renamed War Dept. over Anthropic’s refusal to allow the Pentagon to use their Claude AI platform in…
What impact has the Cristero War had on religious freedom in Mexico today?
The story of the Cristero War in Mexico reached theaters a little over a decade ago with “For Greater Glory,” a film titled “Cristiada” in Spanish. Alongside the film, an official book was published to…
Vatican official says Notre Dame controversy shows need for dialogue on abortion
The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said Tuesday the Church needs to maintain a dialogue with universities on the issue of abortion. Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro was responding to a question about controversy over…