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Women in the Vatican Welcome Montserrat Alvarado as New Prefect for Communication

Credit: EWTN News
EWTN News President Montse Alvarado speaks with EWTN News Vice President and Editorial Director Matthew Bunson during an EWTN News live broadcast.

The Women in the Vatican Association strives ‘to create an increasingly constructive and fruitful network of knowledge, friendship, and solidarity among all members,’ according to its president.

Pope Leo XIV Tells Leaders in Spain That He Comes to Promote a National ‘Reconciliation’

Simone Risoluti
Pope Leo XIV arrives in Spain at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport on June 6, 2026. The Holy Father met with the Spanish royalty and civic leaders on his first day in the European nation.

The Holy Father met with King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and their daughters Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía after arriving in the European nation.

The Unfinished Symphony of St. Norbert

Background: Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (1614-1652), ‘The Reception of St. Norbert in Antwerp.’ Foreground: Cover of ‘The Eternal Pilgrim: A Life of Saint Norbert.’

A new English translation of Father Dominique-Marie Dauzet’s biography traces the dramatic life of the founder of the Norbertines.

How Beatrice’s Beauty Led Dante to God

Lajos Gulácsy, “Dante’s Meeting with Beatrice,” 1907, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

The beauty that Dante sees shimmering upon the face of Beatrice is not some momentary bewitchment or spell, but the real truth about her.

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu in Rome

Next week, the Bishops of the United States will meet in Orlando and consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to explain the importance of the consecration and how we can all take part and then Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us about the remarkable phenomenon of diocesan priests living in community.