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“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

Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore, who confirmed my father, was a pugnacious Irishman with a taste for shocking people via undiplomatic language. In a conversation with the great historian John Tracy Ellis, Curley, who [...]

The seeming pendulum swing away from what we think of as feminism on the left is nothing more than feminism on the right. Femininity is something entirely different.

You’ll no doubt have seen that the much-admired crooner Michael Bublé was at the Vatican recently to perform in the Concert With the Poor. And while he was there he created quite an impression! Not only did he perform an impromptu Ave Maria during a press conference (explaining it was the only song requested by Read More…

Vatican inspires Michael Bublé’s “renewed sense of faith”

The Pontifical Yearbook of the Catholic Church — which collects data on dioceses, dicasteries of the Roman Curia, nunciatures, and embassies to the Holy See, as well as cardinals and religious institutes around the world — is now available online. The Secretariat of State made this announcement on December 9, 2025. The very first user Read More…

Vatican publishes the Pontifical Yearbook in digital format