1+ day, 5+ 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…...

13+ hour, 23+ min 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,…...

1+ day, 13+ 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,…...

3+ day, 1+ 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....

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (471+ words) I think my career on Catholic radio has come to an end. Now, let's be honest, most of you are saying collectively, "What Catholic radio career?" About four years ago, a radio producer "discovered" my columns through the Angelus website…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (772+ words) Too many people have wounded hearts, and it is the job of Catholic educators to help heal them, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston said April 7 in a keynote opening the National Catholic Educational Association convention. NCEA 2026 marked the first time…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (206+ words) The Spanish missionaries who in 1769 first christened California with the names of Christ, the Blessed Mother, and the saints, walked in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi. Many, including St. Jun'pero Serra, were scholars who renounced an easy life…...

4+ day, 1+ 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, 13+ hour ago  (148+ words) Angelus News Saint of the day: John Baptist de la Salle St. John Baptist de la Salle was born in Rheims, France, to a noble family, on April 30, 1651. He was one of 10 children. John studied in Paris, and was ordained…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (659+ words) When God told St. Francis in the early 13th century to "go and repair my house" " the Portiuncula chapel near Assisi, Italy, that had fallen into disrepair " who could have guessed that the ripples caused by that action would one day…...