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After January 3, Venezuela’s bishops call for democracy and hope

“Your light shall break forth like the dawn” (Isaiah 58:8). With that promise from the Hebrew Bible, Venezuela’s bishops concluded their 125th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, issuing a pastoral exhortation on February 9 that is at once spiritual and unmistakably civic. The statement, titled “Despuntará tu luz como la aurora,” (Your light will break forth like Read More…

After January 3, Venezuela’s bishops call for democracy and hope

You need Bible AND Church, explains Pope

Continuing with his reflections on the Vatican II document on Scripture and Revelation, Dei Verbum, at the general audience on this February 11, Pope Leo looked at the “vital link” between the Word of God and the Church. He noted how “the Bible arose from the people of God, and is destined for the people Read More…

You need Bible AND Church, explains Pope

Jimmy Lai sentence portends tighter crackdown on Hong Kong freedoms

In the harshest ruling since China introduced new security laws in 2020, Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison on February 9. Six editors and journalists from Lai’s now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper were also sentenced to terms ranging from 3 years and 6 months to 10 years. Human rights Read More…

Jimmy Lai sentence portends tighter crackdown on Hong Kong freedoms

Democratic lawmaker asks ICE director if he’s ‘going to hell’ in fiery hearing

Top U.S. immigration officials defended their policies during a contentious hearing as lawmakers continue to negotiate potential ICE funding and reforms. [...]

Olympic first for mother and son … and a parenting lesson

When Sarah Schleper and her 18-year-old son Lasse Gaxiola take to the slopes for Team Mexico at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, they will make history as the first mother-son duo ever to compete together at the same Winter Games. It is a moment that brings to mind something every parent knows in their bones: Read More…

Olympic first for mother and son … and a parenting lesson

Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Church is the rightful home of Sacred Scripture’

Pope Leo XIV spoke about Sacred Scripture during his weekly audience with pilgrims in the Vatican. [...]

Pope sends literal warmth to Ukraine’s frozen cities

As reported by Vatican News, the Holy Father has arranged for the delivery of 80 electricity generators, along with medicine and food supplies, to communities facing below-freezing temperatures and renewed attacks on energy infrastructure. During the general audience on February 4 in Paul VI Hall, the Pope renewed his appeal for Ukraine, pointing to “the Read More…

Pope sends literal warmth to Ukraine’s frozen cities

Catholic digital assets company about to mint its first stablecoin

Catholic entrepreneurs Eddie Cullen and Karl Kilb want to use new financial technologies to benefit the Catholic Church and its charitable work. [...]

Catholic digital assets company about to mint its first stablecoin

Catholic entrepreneurs Eddie Cullen and Karl Kilb want to use new financial technologies to benefit the Catholic Church and its charitable work. [...]

And in This Corner, No One

If you hate or despise American ways, if when you think of American history you think first and second and third of its evils, you cannot have any strong interest in the assimilation of immigrants to those ways.