1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (351+ words) Pope Leo XIV shared some of his favorite spiritual reading recommendations on the papal flight to Algeria, pointing to a particular letter by St. Augustine that he said provides wonderful tips for how to deepen prayer. Speaking with OSV News…...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago  (864+ words) Religious Liberty commissioners met for the final scheduled meeting and urged that the commission continue to "persevere in monitoring" threats to religious liberty. Chair Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Vice Chair Ben Carson hosted the April 13 meeting with members…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (714+ words) Easter Triduum visits ended the Lenten season for a small group of Chicago-area religious and clergy who ministered to people in the U. S. without legal authorization that are detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. The same group started the…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (865+ words) Parishes and dioceses throughout the nation are taking up Pope Leo XIV's call to pray for peace, holding April 11 vigils coinciding with the pope's own at St. Peter's Basilica. The pope had announced the initiative April 5 during an Angelus address…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (400+ words) Pope Leo XIV said Monday that he will continue to speak out "loudly" against war, stressing that his role is to preach the Gospel, not to enter into political disputes. Speaking to journalists aboard the papal flight to Algiers on…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (631+ words) When I was young, my family's only television was controlled by my grandmother. This meant my TV fare consisted mainly of Ed Sullivan, "As the World Turns," and, once a week, "The Lawrence Welk Show." Welk, a German-accented band leader,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (256+ words) Catholics during Holy Week should continue to "pray ardently" for a de-escalation of violence in the Middle East, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement April 1. "During this holiest of weeks, let us…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (271+ words) One of the pieces of advice that married Catholics love to give single Catholic women who want to be married is to pray to St. Joseph." I finally counted them up: 21. I have done the novena to St. Joseph, husband…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (187+ words) Angelus News Saint of the day: Stanislaus St. Stanislaus Szczepanowski was born in Krakow in 1030. His parents were members of the nobility, and passed their strong Catholic faith on to their son. Stanislaus studied theology and canon law in Parish,…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (186+ words) St. Julie Billiart was born in 1751. She had six siblings, and at the age of 16, she began teaching to help bring in money for her family. She had a great love of Jesus in the Eucharist from a young age....