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I didn’t expect a day at the beach to turn into a doorway into a cloistered monastery. … ~ The manuscript was thick, intimidatingly so. I tossed it into my bag, with a bottle of water, a towel, and the excuse every work-from-anywhere person knows by heart: “I’m going to work … at the beach.” Read More…

Joy within his house: How a guy with a camera got into a cloister

“Sparkling, precious gold from distant times…” Thus begins the magnificent book about the “Ors précolombiens du Musée profane” (“Pre-Columbian Gold of the Profane Museum”), edited by Jean-François Genotte, presented on November 27 at the Vatican Museums. It’s an unexpected presence in the popes’ museums: what are these large pectorals of gleaming alloys, with chiseled eagle Read More…

The Vatican Museums reveal the treasures of the Muiscas

“The sacred charge of lawyers is to give themselves to those who need them.” This quote from the main character’s father, Thomas, is the principle that pulses at the heart of Gabriel Lock: Bound by Law.  Co-authors D. and H. Cancio, a father-son duo who both specialize in law, bring an authenticity and personal depth Read More…

This new legal thriller has moral heart

Pope Leo said this December 10 that he is “deeply saddened” that violent conflict between Thailand and Cambodia has resurged. The two countries have fallen back into an exchange of fire in the last few days, resulting in at least 10 deaths: 7 on the Cambodia side, and 3 from Thailand. Pope Leo mentioned the Read More…

Resume dialogue, Pope Leo urges Thailand, Cambodia

The musical event Bernadette de Lourdes, which originated in Lourdes in 2019, won over more than 250,000 spectators in France and toured Italy in January 2025. Now, it’s heading across the Atlantic! Bernadette: the Musical is scheduled to launch in the United States in February 2026. Young performer Eyma Scharen will be part of this Read More…

‘Bernadette: The Musical’ is coming to America in 2026

We poor humans could be considered “paradoxical, unhappy creatures, not only because we die, but also because we are certain that this event will happen, even though we do not know how or when,” Pope Leo reflected this December 10, as he continued with his audience series on hope in light of the Paschal Mystery. Read More…

The home where we are awaited: Pope reflects

A reunification of Orthodoxy with Catholicism could remind each of what was lost in the schism.

Many Catholics around the world are familiar with the First Saturday devotion, a devotion that was tied to Venerable Lucia, one of the three child visionaries at Fatima. However this devotion is relatively new to the Catholic Church, as it only came about through a private revelation given to Venerable Lucia in 1925, that is, Read More…

Today is 100th anniversary of the First Saturday devotion