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Learn to Love Mother Mary: New Booklet Published on Consecrating Families to the Immaculate Heart

John Paul II greets the faithful at a Mass for families at Jasne Blonie (Light Meadows) in Szczecin, Poland, on June 11, 1987, during his third pilgrimage to Poland. At the Mass, John Paul II crowned a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, a gift from the Marian movement from the U.S. and France.

‘Being consecrated to Our Lady, we will ... have an inner joy and peace, a peace that the world cannot give because if Mary is living in our hearts, Jesus will be there too.’

Reclaiming the Word ‘Homemaker’

George Dunlop Leslie, “Alice in Wonderland,” ca. 1879, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, England

COMMENTARY: The language we use to describe marriage, motherhood and domestic life shapes not only how others see us, but how we understand the dignity and purpose of the home itself.

Courage, The Apostolate That I Know Well

Courage International has a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Feb. 6, 2026.

COMMENTARY: The synod working group’s document on homosexuality has broader implications for Courage International.

Religious Expression in Public Life on the Rise

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Shaheen Gray, of Houston, TX, prays during Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving on the National Mall on May 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. We're 'calling heaven down and dedicating this nation to God,' she said.

COMMENTARY: The reengagement of religious Americans deserves more serious attention than it often receives.

Vatican Warns That AI ‘Deepfakes’ Threaten the Human Experience

Ishmael Adibuah
A banner for the conference “Preserving Human Voices and Faces” at the Pontifical Urban University on May 21, 2026, in Rome.

A top Vatican official warned of the dangers of AI at a conference ahead of the pope’s upcoming encyclical.

Pakistani Bishops Invite Pope Leo XIV to Visit, Citing Minority Concerns

Pope Leo XIV listens as bishops of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan present their report during the “ad limina” audience at the Vatican on May 15, 2026.

Bishop Samson Shukardin extended the invitation during a papal audience as Christian activists urged Vatican attention to blasphemy cases and forced conversions.