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A Convert’s Compass: How a Radio Show Turned an Anglican into a Catholic Pilgrim

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Leo XIV urges seminarians to keep the supernatural

In a Saturday audience at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV offered seminarians a warning that reaches far beyond seminary walls: Do not refuse the supernatural. Welcoming around 50 seminarians from cities across Spain — accompanied by family members and formators — the Holy Father encouraged them to cultivate “a supernatural perspective on reality.” Without it, Read More…

Leo XIV urges seminarians to keep the supernatural

Why Denzel Washington’s message matters this Lent

One thing about social media that is really useful is that old news crops back up again just when you need it most. This was just the case when a famous interview re-emerged between journalist Jillian Hardeman-Webb and Denzel Washington, in which the pair discussed cancel culture and the idea of losing public support. The Read More…

Why Denzel Washington’s message matters this Lent

Lebanon: “They yearn for an ordinary life”

Lebanon is the country with the 2nd highest percentage of Christians in the Middle East (after Cyprus), with its Christian population estimated to be about 40%. Of that group, the largest percentage are Maronite Catholics. Caritas Lebanon on March 3 released a statement about the immediate humanitarian effects on the war there. More than 32,000 Read More…

Lebanon: “They yearn for an ordinary life”

Church is complex: Pope’s thoughts

Pope Leo continued with his reflection on the Vatican II document dealing with the nature of the Church. In this general audience series, he has been reflecting on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. He spoke today about the divine and human nature of the Church, but also offered a concrete invitation: To build Read More…

Church is complex: Pope’s thoughts

US Supreme Court supports ‘gender transition’ transparency

California’s state policy is that schools cannot tell parents if their children decide to engage in “gender transitioning” at school — unless the children agree to let their parents know. Educators must comply with this secrecy, even if they want to tell the parents.  Not surprisingly, parents and teachers are taking issue with this lack Read More…

US Supreme Court supports ‘gender transition’ transparency

Paul Thigpen: A Paragon of Humility and Christian Charity

Academic and intellectual to the core, Paul Thigpen rather chose the path of humility and poured his time, talent, and treasure into the Mother who saved him.

Redemptor Hominis: more important than ever

Forty-seven years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man). The first letter in the centuries-old encyclical tradition devoted to the Christian idea of the human person, Redemptor Hominis was also what [...]

Forced Chinese Organ Harvesting

The Vatican should be at the forefront in criticizing Chinese organ harvesting and other forms of CCP immoral criminality. Yet it has never issued a formal, explicit condemnation.