Emma SilvestriA view from an upper window of Sacra di San Michele, Italy, July 2025. Over the centuries, countless pilgrims have walked the paths of this angelic sword-shaped line, driven by personal devotion, a search… PHOTOS: Invisible ‘Sword’ of St. Michael Guides Pilgrims to These 7 Sacred Sites

Friar Clodovis Boff belongs to the Order of the Servants of Mary. / Credit: Lennoazevedo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jul 12, 2025 / 08:40 am (CNA). Friar Clodovis Boff has… Former liberation theology leader calls on Latin American bishops to focus on Christ

Idaho State Capitol building, Boise. / Alden Skeie via Unslpash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Just over a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that every state must offer… 10 years after Obergefell, state legislators fight uphill battle against same-sex marriage

A view from an upper window of Sacra di San Michele, Italy, July 2025. / Credit: Emma Silvestri Paris, France, Jul 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Stretching back to ancient times, Christian pilgrims and… PHOTOS: Invisible ‘sword’ of St. Michael guides pilgrims to these 7 sacred sites

Wikimedia Commons/Courtesy photoAnthony DeStefano’s new book is available through Sophia Institute Press. And don’t ‘just ask for one miracle — they should ask for five or 10,’ Amthony DeStefano advises. ‘A new Age of Miracles… What’s the Right Way to Ask for a Miracle?

MANILA, Philippines – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) appealed to the Marcos government to ban all forms of online gambling, which bishops called “a deep and widespread moral crisis” plaguing this mostly… Ban online gambling, Filipino bishops ask Marcos government

Portrait of St. Benedict (1926) by Herman Nieg (1849–1928); Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Austria; “Exorcism of St. Benedict,” by Spinello Aretino, late 14th century. / Credit: Public domain National Catholic Register, Jul 11, 2025 / 06:00 am… How the St. Benedict medal became a shield against the powers of darkness

Asya Poplavskaya Asya Poplavskaya encountered Christ in the course of her career.

Pietro Perugino St. Benedict. The archbishop mentioned St. Benedict’s exhortation ‘not to desire to be called a saint before being one, but first to be one.’

St. Benedict. / Credit: Pietro Perugino via Wikimedia (Public domain) ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 11, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Archbishop Enrique Benavent Vidal of Valencia in Spain encouraged the faithful to take advantage of… Spanish archbishop encourages Christians to read Rule of St. Benedict