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My Name Is Lazarus: How the Church and Chesterton Rescued Me From Racial Hatred

My photo had become the visual shorthand for white supremacy in contemporary America. The writings of G.K. Chesterton, however, helped lead me to Christ and His Church.

Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

Effectively, open borders are a bad idea. That’s true whether they result from explicit policy or from failure to enforce the law effectively. The population of the world outside the United States is about 8 [...]

The Pervasive Vice of Passivity 

The always-online smartphone culture is training our brains to favor passive behaviors and lazy thinking.

Pope Leo XIV urges ‘unconditional love’ amid hardship

Visiting a parish in Rome, the pope preached on the Transfiguration and Abraham’s journey of faith. Pope Leo XIV spent Sunday afternoon with parishioners in Rome’s Quarticciolo neighborhood, meeting young people and families touched by [...]

Pope Leo XIV Urges Diplomacy Amid Iran Tensions

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Teresa Tomeo’s Guide to Cruising

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Irish bishop says young Catholics are seeking doctrinal solidity

Echoing what seems to be a growing phenomenon, Bishop Niall Coll said young Catholics in Ireland are looking for clarity, coherence, and tradition in their search for truth. Bishop Niall Coll of Raphoe, Ireland, said [...]

The Father’s reply to the despair of atheism: Pope’s thoughts

Pope Leo offered reflections on the deep meaning of the Gospel account of the Transfiguration, celebrated with a feast in August, but also read at Mass on this 2nd Sunday of Lent. He said: the Holy Spirit redeems us from the loneliness of agnosticism by offering us an everlasting communion of life and grace; and Read More…

The Father’s reply to the despair of atheism: Pope’s thoughts

Meet the priest who grew up in the Peruvian Andes and was confirmed by Pope Leo XIV

Newly ordained Father Erlin Pérez Vásquez shares his journey to the priesthood and the incredible blessings he received along the way. Erlin Pérez Vásquez was born on Dec. 8, 1999, the solemnity of the Immaculate [...]

Lucinda Riley’s ‘Seven Sisters’: A legacy beyond the page

Some books are discovered quietly. Others arrive with insistence. “You have to read this,” a friend says, pressing a well-thumbed paperback into your hands. “Trust me.“ Lucinda Riley’s Seven Sisters series became exactly that kind of phenomenon. Passed between sisters, book clubs, colleagues, and neighbors, the sweeping saga of seven women tracing their origins across Read More…

Lucinda Riley’s ‘Seven Sisters’: A legacy beyond the page