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The traditional 9-day novena to St. Joseph begins March 10 in order to conclude on the vigil of his feast day. You can pray the Novena with this resource here: The resource includes texts drawn from the recent popes, as well as the Litany of St. Joseph. In 2021, drawing from magisterial documents, Pope Francis Read More…

Mark Scotch and his wife both grew up Catholic. According to Mark, Lynn’s faith was deeper, stronger; it wasn’t that he didn’t want to believe in the Church’s teaching, he was just more drawn by other things. He found “great value in the Bible … and the homily at mass,” but, as he told Aleteia, Read More…

On March 9, 2026, Pope Leo XIV received in an audience the members of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, composed of Croatian Željko Komšić, current chairman of the presidency, Bosnian Denis Bećirović, and Serbian Željka Cvijanović. They then met with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, in the absence of Read More…

When modern states invoke the Hebrew Bible to defend war, they usually make a simple move: ancient Israel fought enemies in the name of God, so nations today may do the same. The argument sounds biblical, but it fails both theologically and politically. The first problem is historical. Ancient Israel was not unique simply because Read More…

We have all had those moments. You mishear someone’s name, call a person the wrong thing, or say something slightly ridiculous before realizing what has just happened. Most of us would quite happily rewind time in that instant. Prince William, however, recently showed another approach: simply own it and laugh. During a visit to Cornwall Read More…

A Successor of Peter always has a very busy daily schedule that requires constant support and assistance. In order to keep things moving smoothly, they usually have an inner group of assistants who stand at the ready in every meeting and event. Here is a glimpse into the closest circle of His Holiness Leo XIV’s Read More…

The city of Milan is the beautiful home of St. Carlo Acutis, the saint of the popular online display of Eucharistic miracles. Recently the Archdiocese of Milan has officially opened another cause for beatification and canonization for millennial Marco Gallo, a 17-year-old who died in a fatal car crash in 2011. This marks the initial Read More…