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Tyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is an epidemiologist and director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. [...]

A Catholic bishop calls on Bangladesh’s newly elected government to protect minority rights after the BNP’s landslide victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising. [...]

So many strong, holy women make up the history of the Church, with Our Lady reigning over them all. On February 16, we celebrate the feast of St. Juliana of Nicomedia, and she is certainly a notable member of this list. Two other Julianas are perhaps better known. There is Juliana of Liege (1192-1258) who Read More…

Fighting evil? Here’s a great saint for our daughters

Father Fermín González Melado, who was recently named a “chaplain of His Holiness” by Pope Leo XIV, explains the qualifications and purpose of bestowing this honorary title. [...]

As Lent 2026 approaches, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines is calling the faithful to a new kind of fasting: stepping back from digital media to make room for Christ. A unique pastoral letter dated February 13 and released ahead of Lent gives only a few paragraphs to make the point, and then offers Read More…

With unique letter, Filipino bishops urge digital media fast

After leading Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Leo XIV voiced his closeness to the people of Madagascar, where back-to-back cyclones have left widespread destruction and thousands displaced. “I pray for the victims and their families, and for all those who have suffered serious damage,” the Pope said, entrusting the country to God amid what local authorities have Read More…

Pope prays as Madagascar’s plight worsens with twin cyclones

Pope Leo XIV will preside over the traditional Ash Wednesday procession and Mass on Feb. 18 on Rome’s Aventine Hill, an important place of Christian pilgrimage for more than 1,500 years. [...]

Lent is a sacred time in the Church’s calendar that calls us to renew our spiritual lives and dedicate ourselves to prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Technically speaking the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church doesn’t have many official rules about Lent. In the United States, there are two days of fasting (Ash Wednesday and Good Read More…

This is what not to do during the season of Lent

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that far more Americans say they would rather live in the past than in the future — no wonder Back to the Future is still such a hit! Many report feeling uneasy about what lies ahead, preferring the familiar certainties of what has already been lived. Read More…

Worried about the future? Look to these 4 saints