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Surprise lunch: Pope Leo meets Peruvian bishops in Rome

When Pope Leo unexpectedly joined a simple lunch with Peru’s bishops in Rome, the gesture spoke louder than any prepared address. For the bishops, gathered for their ad limina visit, the moment became a sign of encouragement — personal, pastoral, and deeply human. The country’s bishops described the Pope’s appearance at their “fraternal lunch” as Read More…

Surprise lunch: Pope Leo meets Peruvian bishops in Rome

Pope’s rep in USA is 80 years old today

On January 30, 2026, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, celebrates his 80th birthday. This means that he will lose his status as an elector in a conclave. The highly experienced French diplomat, who has traveled the world for the Holy See and served as an interlocutor for Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Read More…

Pope’s rep in USA is 80 years old today

Hawaii university students unearth bones of Catholic saint

The Forensic Sciences unit at Chaminade University is working closely with the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu on a rare and fascinating project: unearthing the bones — literally — of a Catholic saint. Perhaps you’ve heard of St. Damien of Molokaʻi, the Belgian priest who ministered to patients at a leper colony in Molokaʻi, Hawaii, until Read More…

Hawaii university students unearth bones of Catholic saint

Bishop Cozzens: The Holy Spirit is at work in the young generation

Bishop Andrew Cozzens reflected on the successes of the Eucharistic Revival and described what he thinks should happen as the process moves into the next phases. Speaking to Aleteia, Cozzens, the bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, and the chair of the board of the National Eucharistic Congress, praised the Eucharistic Revival’s impact on how Catholics share Read More…

Bishop Cozzens: The Holy Spirit is at work in the young generation

Bernadette on stage: She speaks directly to our times

The international sensation Bernadette, the Musical, is making its way across the Atlantic and will premiere in the United States in Chicago in February. In advance of this new chapter for a musical centered on a well-known saint, we had the opportunity to talk with lead producer Pierre Ferragu about just what makes a play Read More…

Bernadette on stage: She speaks directly to our times

French Senate rejects assisted dying (for now), adopts palliative care

After more than a year of debates, multiple consultations, and delays due to political uncertainties, the French Senate rejected the proposed law on assisted dying. The bill will ultimately be sent back to the National Assembly. Senators rejected the text by 181 votes to 122. Immediately afterwards, the Senate voted 307 to 17 in favor Read More…

French Senate rejects assisted dying (for now), adopts palliative care

Meet the New Porn: Even Worse than the Old Porn

Pornography soaks the minds of those who consume it in unrealities that, in turn, ruin lives in reality. AI, in all its uses, may turn out to be even worse.

The truth about Venerable Mary Ward, proto-religious sister and future Saint

Few American Catholics have ever heard of Mary Ward. The more recent books and articles about her tend to portray her as a proto-feminist, a seventeenth-century Catholic woman who spent her life fighting for the [...]

An autistic Barbie? No, thank you, Mattel.

In April 2023, Mattel began selling a new Barbie that had the features of a young woman with Down syndrome. At the time, I thought this was a great step forward for little girls who [...]

The Ghost of Paul Weyrich in the Halls of Heritage

Staff departures at the Heritage Foundation are actually rooted in a deeper, more ideological shift than many assume.