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On February 4, the Discalced Carmelites and the dioceses of Avignon and Rodez, France, observe the feast of a relatively new Blessed of the Church, Fr. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, OCD. The future Blessed [...]

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Sister Miriam Francis Perlewitz taught Scripture at Bangladesh’s national seminary for decades and co-founded an inclusive school serving Christian, Muslim, and Hindu children. [...]

As the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) approaches its expiration on February 5, Pope Leo XIV and other Catholic leaders are urging policymakers to recommit to diplomacy and avert a renewed nuclear arms race. At the end of the general audience on this February 4, Pope Leo said, “The current situation requires that Read More…

Pope, bishops make urgent call as U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty expires

Pope Leo XIV has decreed that Saint John Henry Newman will be celebrated by the universal Catholic Church every year on October 9, elevating his liturgical memorial from local calendars to the General Roman Calendar. The Vatican published on February 3, 2026 a decree of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Read More…

Pope Leo decrees universal feast of St. John Henry Newman

Visitors to the Sistine Chapel will need to rely on memory — and imagination — for the next three months. As of February 2, 2026, the Vatican Museums have begun a major maintenance campaign on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment, temporarily concealing the monumental fresco behind scaffolding. The chapel itself remains open, and continues to conclude the Read More…

Sistine Chapel’s Last Judgment “hidden” for restoration

Drawing from a common experience of daily life, Pope Leo XIV continued his reflection on the Vatican II teaching on revelation by noting that God “chooses to speak using human languages.” The biblical texts were not written in God’s language — “a heavenly or superhuman language” — but instead “the words of God, expressed in Read More…

What God did with speaking different languages: Pope’s thoughts

The “St. Olaf Chapel” on Notre Dame’s North Quad morphed from igloo to ice chapel under the initiative of seniors Wesley Buonerba and Martin Soros, and the world took note. There’s no shortage of stunning photos of the beautiful candlelit ice-glass chapel windows and videos of the crowd of bundled-up students singing and praying.  The Read More…

Viral images aren’t best part of Notre Dame ice chapel story