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A Catholic counseling formation program centered on human dignity will open in the fall as part of a collaboration between the University of Mary and the Diocese of Phoenix. [...]

In a Saturday audience at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV offered seminarians a warning that reaches far beyond seminary walls: Do not refuse the supernatural. Welcoming around 50 seminarians from cities across Spain — accompanied by family members and formators — the Holy Father encouraged them to cultivate “a supernatural perspective on reality.” Without it, Read More…

Leo XIV urges seminarians to keep the supernatural

One thing about social media that is really useful is that old news crops back up again just when you need it most. This was just the case when a famous interview re-emerged between journalist Jillian Hardeman-Webb and Denzel Washington, in which the pair discussed cancel culture and the idea of losing public support. The Read More…

Why Denzel Washington’s message matters this Lent

Lebanon is the country with the 2nd highest percentage of Christians in the Middle East (after Cyprus), with its Christian population estimated to be about 40%. Of that group, the largest percentage are Maronite Catholics. Caritas Lebanon on March 3 released a statement about the immediate humanitarian effects on the war there. More than 32,000 Read More…

Lebanon: “They yearn for an ordinary life”

The pope's catechesis focused on the dogmatic constitution "Lumen gentium," one of the pillars of Vatican II. [...]

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza was a wife and mother who had no intention of working in politics, but “it was her heart that was moved for the Rwandan people" that led her to human rights work. [...]

Pope Leo continued with his reflection on the Vatican II document dealing with the nature of the Church. In this general audience series, he has been reflecting on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. He spoke today about the divine and human nature of the Church, but also offered a concrete invitation: To build Read More…

Church is complex: Pope’s thoughts

California’s state policy is that schools cannot tell parents if their children decide to engage in “gender transitioning” at school — unless the children agree to let their parents know. Educators must comply with this secrecy, even if they want to tell the parents.  Not surprisingly, parents and teachers are taking issue with this lack Read More…

US Supreme Court supports ‘gender transition’ transparency

The U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran brought major conflict to the Middle East and sent Christian pilgrims scrambling for safe harbor there. [...]

Academic and intellectual to the core, Paul Thigpen rather chose the path of humility and poured his time, talent, and treasure into the Mother who saved him.