Pope Leo and the meaning of ‘manners’
ROME – Anyone who has ever been in a serious relationship will probably identify with the old and by now cliché adage, “it’s not what you said, it’s how you said it” at the end…
Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ resumes after prosecutors suffer embarrassing setbacks on appeal
ROME — The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for the pope’s prosecutors that could have big repercussions on the outcome of the troubled case. The…
Former CIA Spy Tells Catholic Leaders Faith and Espionage Can Coexist
Photo courtesy of LegatusRetired CIA Chief of Counterintelligence James Olson (left) at the Legatus Summit at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, California, on Jan. 31, 2026, with Ken Darnell, vice president of strategic development…
Cardinal Cupich’s Ever-Expanding ‘Coaching Tree’
Melissa Hartog illustration/National Catholic RegisterL to R: Archbishops Michael McGovern of Omaha, Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee and Robert Casey of Cincinnati and New York Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks, with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich in the middle…
Pope Leo XIV faces crisis as a traditionalist group plans bishop consecrations without consent
ROME — Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics, after a breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass announced plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent in a…
The Beatitudes: A Meditation by Pope Leo XIV
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 02.01.2026).- Hundreds of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, February 1, to accompany the Holy Father in reciting the Marian prayer of the Angelus. In addition to his…
How New York’s Catholic Leader Became America’s Archbishop
Rolf E StuaerkAmerican flag waves in the wind outside St Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, New York. Big Apple archbishops have been making their presence felt for 200 years.
In Face of Violence and Migration, Church in Mexico Aims to Be More United and Synodal in 2026
Mexican Bishops’ ConferenceBishop Ramón Castro Castro, president of the Mexican episcopal conference. ‘Violence, lack of public safety, poverty, forced migration, and the fragility of many families continue to deeply wound the heart of Mexico,’ the…
Renewing America Begins With Renewing Catholic Universities
Educating the whole person is key to a Catholic vision of higher education. COMMENTARY: They prepare men and women who are not only professionally competent, but also capable of civic friendship — the shared pursuit…
‘Bernadette, The Musical’ Brings Inspiring Story of Marian Visionary to the U.S.
Bernadette, The MusicalEyma, a French singer and actress, as Bernadette Soubirous in “Bernadette, The Musical.” The musical tells the true story of the beloved French 14-year-old girl who had 18 visions of the Blessed Virgin…