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When Pope Leo XIV released his message for the 59th World Day of Peace, he did not offer a diplomatic checklist or a spiritual abstraction. Instead, he presented peace as a lived Christian posture—unarmed, disarming, and urgently relevant in a world shaped by fear, rearmament, and technological warfare. The World Day of Peace is celebrated Read More…

World Day of Peace: 5 Takes from Pope Leo’s message

Now that TV and smartphones are everywhere, we forget how things used to be.  There was a time when reading classic books was the go-to entertainment for people from all classes and backgrounds. Don’t believe me? Check out Louis L’Amour’s fascinating memoir, Education of a Wandering Man.  L’Amour spent more than a decade wandering the Read More…

2026 goal: Bring back the lost art of self-education

Have your kids had the flu this winter? Mine had it last week, and it feels as if all of my friends’ kids had it too (or a stomach bug, or hand-foot-mouth disease, or RSV, or … the list is endless).  While my kids were laid up with fevers, I thought about a few things that Read More…

St. Benedict’s good advice for care of the sick

The city of Lyon, France, has announced a 45% reduction in funding for private middle schools under contract with the government. Catholic schools are among those affected. This cut is based on a new method of calculating the flat rate for day students, the basis for allocating funding. The Interdepartmental Union of Catholic Education Management Read More…

Catholic schools hit by funding cuts in French city of Lyon

From December 2025 through December 2026, the Church is celebrating a Jubilee Year dedicated to John of the Cross, one of Christianity’s most demanding — and enduring — spiritual teachers. Proclaimed by the Discalced Carmelites with papal approval, the jubilee marks two anniversaries: 300 years since his canonization and 100 years since he was named Read More…

Why the Church is marking a Jubilee for John of the Cross

Just days before taking the stage for The Voice Season 28 finale, singer Aubrey Nicole returned to a very different stage: the one that started it all. In a video posted to Instagram on December 7, the top 4 finalist is seen standing in the pews of the historic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Read More…

This church performance is best yet of ‘The Voice’ finalist

If we are disquieted by the state of the Church and the world, recall that the Christ child chose to enter into it, in bitter cold and darkness.

The sentiment often expressed as, "who am I to judge," is so commonplace in our culture that it hardly raises even a Catholic eyebrow when spoken in the context of Christian morality.

We Catholics tend to have unrealistic expectations about our priests. We want every one of them to deliver brilliant, engaging homilies just like Venerable Fulton Sheen, possess the spiritual depth of Saint Thomas Aquinas, be [...]

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