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The Time Venerable Fulton Sheen Gave a Conference for 270,000 People in St. Louis

The crowd gathers for the opening Mass of the Archbishop Ritter Worldmission Exhibition in St. Louis on May 17, 1953.

When Fulton Sheen is beatified this September in St. Louis, it will mark the second time that the singular Catholic personality has drawn crowds of thousands to the downtown of the ‘Rome of the West.’

The One Regret I Didn’t Know I Had

A cardinal and a nun walk onto a Catholic college campus … no, really.

A simple assignment at a Catholic university turned into something more — a glimpse of formation, truth and a regret I didn’t know I had.

India Mourns Priest-Physician Who Built Hospital, Founded Blood Donation Movement

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Priests carry the body of Father Francis Alappatt from the Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours in Thrissur, India, after his funeral service on April 10, 2026.

Father Francis Alappatt, who earned a medical degree before entering the seminary, built one of Kerala, India’s largest hospitals and pioneered a statewide blood donation movement.

Leo XIV: True Power Comes From Virtue, Not Strength

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Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 12, 2026.

The pontiff discussed the legitimate exercise of authority in a message to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

‘It’s a Special Thing to Be Human’: Artemis II Crew Returns With Awe, Gratitude, and Faith

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NASA’s Artemis II crew, (left to right) NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Koch, mission specialist; Victor Glover, pilot; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, share brief remarks with friends, family, and colleagues after they landed at Ellington Airport near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, April 11, 2026, after a nearly 10-day journey around the moon and back to Earth.

After traveling approximately 695,000 miles over its 10-day trip around the moon, the Artemis II crew gave powerful reflections on their experience.