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Religious Faith Can Protect Against Anxiety Disorders in Youth, Says Study

Greater emphasis on religious faith and interdependence correlated with less anxiety disorders globally, the research found.

The research, which looked at data over three decades, reports that a country’s religious values may serve as ‘a protective factor’ against anxiety issues in children and adolescents.

Denver Healing Could Move a Nun Jailed by Communists Toward Sainthood

An official portrait depicts Blessed Zdenka Schelingová, beatified in 2003

The postulator of Blessed Zdenka Schelingová’s cause has delivered the dossier on an alleged Denver healing to the archbishop of Bratislava, advancing her path toward canonization.

Pope Leo XIV: Stop Vicious Cycle of Violence in Sudan and Ukraine

Mario Tomassetti
Pope Leo addresses the faitfhful on Aug. 9, 2026.

The Pontiff also appealed for peace in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia during his Aug. 9 Angelus address and reassured the faithful: ‘Jesus does not abandon us.’

Peter Kreeft: The Consummate Catholic Professor

Professor Peter Kreeft, who has been teaching for more than 60 years, is a crowd-pleaser.

The philosopher and author of more than 100 books (including one on the spirituality of surfing) is about to start his 62nd year of teaching at Boston College.

St. Edith Stein’s Daily Advice for Women

Edith Stein poses for a photo in Breslau (Wrocław), Poland, between 1913 and 1914

As a philosopher and master of the feminine genius, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross knew the feminine heart and soul so well.