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Leo XIV Returns to La Sapienza, Where Benedict XVI Was Silenced

FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
Italian police block the main entrance of Rome’s La Sapienza University as students protest against Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 17, 2008.

Eighteen years after protests forced Benedict’s cancellation, the episode still reveals a deeper clash between faith, reason, and the fallacy of much secular tolerance.

U.S. Bishop Joins Slovaks Honoring Blessed Bishop Tortured by Communists

A portrait of Blessed Vasiľ Hopko is displayed amid flowers and vigil lamps during a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of his death in Hrabské, Slovakia, on May 10, 2026.

Greek Catholic faithful gathered in the birthplace of Blessed Vasiľ Hopko, a bishop imprisoned and tortured under communism in Czechoslovakia, to mark 50 years since his death.

No Mere Coincidences: Fatima and the Shooting of John Paul II

Derrick Ceyrac
Pope St. John Paul II celebrates Mass on May 12, 1991, at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fátima during his pilgrimage to Portugal. The Pope credited Our Lady of Fátima with saving his life after the May 13, 1981, assassination attempt by Mehmet Ali Ağca.

COMMENTARY: The 45 years since the attempt on the Holy Father’s life allow us to see the hand of Providence more clearly.

The Catholic Difference

The Frick Collection
'Education of Mary' by Georges de La Tour.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The Catholic Roots of America

Alex Wong
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 5 in Washington, D.C.

‘The Catholic faith has always been part of the American story. The first Christian service on our soil was a Catholic Mass.’