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Pope Leo XIV: We Need More Beauty in Age of Technology

The Book of the Gospels sits in the Sistine Chapel ahead of the arrival of cardinal electors for the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
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The Book of the Gospels sits in the Sistine Chapel ahead of the arrival of cardinal electors for the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
The pontiff held a private audience on Wednesday with a group of Vatican Museum patrons.

FOCUS Names Jonathan Reyes As New CEO

Jonathan Reyes, the new CEO of FOCUS.
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Jonathan Reyes, the new CEO of FOCUS.
Jonathan Reyes will serve as FOCUS’ next chief executive officer, effective Nov. 16.

After Oct. 7, the Middle East Is Transformed — but Into What?

People gather around Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Fountain, filled with red dye, on Oct. 7, 2026, to mark the third anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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People gather around Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Fountain, filled with red dye, on Oct. 7, 2026, to mark the third anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
COMMENTARY: History often doesn’t turn out the way plotters think it will — and war, once launched, has its own infernal, pitiless logic.

Australian Bishop Jailed for Sexually Abusing Young Aboriginal Men

Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral in Broome, Australia.
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral in Broome, Australia.
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe and Bishop Tim Norton apologized to the victims as the former bishop of Broome, Christopher Saunders, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.

Reflections on a Diamond Jubilee

It's the final out of the 1966 World Series and staff photographer Darryl Heikes captures the jubilant mood of Brooks Robinson (5) and Dave McNally (19), the two players who helped the Orioles win the championship.
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It's the final out of the 1966 World Series and staff photographer Darryl Heikes captures the jubilant mood of Brooks Robinson (5) and Dave McNally (19), the two players who helped the Orioles win the championship.
COMMENTARY: America could use more such men today, not least in politics, like the 1966 Baltimore Orioles.

Pope Leo Receives Relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen

Pope Leo XIV receives a relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen from Bishop Louis Tylka on Oct. 5, 2026 during a private audience at the Vatican.
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Pope Leo XIV receives a relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen from Bishop Louis Tylka on Oct. 5, 2026 during a private audience at the Vatican.
The meeting brought together the first American-born Pope and one of the country’s best-known Catholic evangelists, both with deep roots in Illinois.

‘Repair My Church’: A Priest’s 25 Years as a Deacon With St. Francis

A deacon swings a censer during Mass at the Sanctuary of La Bénite Fontaine in La Roche-sur-Foron, France.
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A deacon swings a censer during Mass at the Sanctuary of La Bénite Fontaine in La Roche-sur-Foron, France.
COMMENTARY: To be ordained a deacon on the feast of St. Francis 25 years ago seemed an unintended blessing for a Church that would soon find itself in need of repair.