Beatified and ‘Based’: Why Gen Z Catholics Are Falling for Fulton Sheen
Sheen continues to speak to young Catholics. He was fiery without being cruel, polished without seeming artificial and uncompromising without losing sight of the audience in front of him.
Pope Leo Appoints Coadjutor Bishop for Puerto Rico’s Youngest Diocese
A coadjutor bishop serves alongside the current diocesan bishop and succeeds him after his retirement.
German Bishop Voices ‘Great Concern’ After Historic AfD Victory in State Election
Bishop Gerhard Feige called for respect for human dignity as Cardinal Gerhard Müller said bishops should not put their “spiritual authority onto the scales.”
China Ordains 18th Bishop Under Vatican Agreement
Archbishop Andrew Ding Yang’s episcopal ordination is the eighth held during Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, though not all eight bishops were appointed by him.
Catholics, Can We Discuss the ‘Nod of Peace’?
Nods, awkward smiles and contactless peace signs still predominate half a decade after the COVID-19 pandemic, raising the question: What are we doing here?
The Mass: Our Intimate Encounter with the Transcendent Lord
‘The entire Mass can be understood through the three aspects of invitation, communion, and mission.’
Leo XIV: Mary’s Simple Presence — and Her Son Within Her — Moves All of History
The Pope celebrates Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano
Our Daughter Left Everything to Follow Christ. Then It Was Our Turn to Let Go.
COMMENTARY: There is a sacrifice in answering God’s call. This is the unavoidable, personal ‘cost of discipleship.’ It demands putting Jesus before everything else.
American Literature: An Englishman Confesses his Ignorance
COMMENTARY: After years of neglecting the literature of the New World, old prejudices give way to a belated appreciation of American letters.
The Lady Behind the Brown Door
COMMENTARY: A college student’s encounter with segregation in the 1950s turned an abstract injustice into a deeply personal moral question.