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Let’s be honest: not every season of life feels particularly prayerful. You might believe in God deeply and still feel distracted, dry, rushed, or simply worn out. And as 2026 begins, many people are carrying quiet fatigue — from the pace of life, from worry about the world, from personal struggles no one else sees. Read More…

6 Easy ways to pray if you’re spiritually tired in 2026

Many are familiar with the story of St. Benedict, also known as the “Father of Western Monasticism.” Around the year 500, Benedict left his studies in Rome to lead the life of a hermit in a cave. His holiness attracted many people and they asked him to preside over their community of monks. After a Read More…

This saint was the first disciple of St. Benedict

On January 10, 2026, the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega announced the release of dozens of detainees from the national penitentiary system, including a number of individuals identified by civil society and opposition groups as political prisoners. The move came under sustained pressure from the United States and coincided with the 19th anniversary of Read More…

Nicaragua frees dozens of prisoners after U.S. pressure

I stand beside Rachel not to provoke but to defend what is real, what is moral, and what is holy—and to show that no amount of power, fear, or deception can bury the light of truth.

In a 1974 address to a group of lay Catholics, Pope Paul VI noted that “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because [...]

Does the academic freedom afforded by a university include the "freedom" to deny the principle of non-contradiction?

Pilgrims should feel safe returning to the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said in a recent interview with Vatican News. “The Holy Land is the fifth Gospel. I also like to call it a kind of eighth sacrament, because it allows you to experience an encounter with Jesus, physically, that you can touch,” said the Read More…

Cardinal Pizzaballa encourages Holy Land pilgrims to return

Canada’s practice of taking donor organs from people who have been euthanized is a “strange new horror,” said an official from the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary Jim O’Neill, who is also the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the Washington Examiner Read More…

HHS official condemns Canada’s practice of organ donation through euthanasia

In January 2026, the Church began a rare commemoration: 800 years since the passing of Saint Francis of Assisi. Known as the Transitus, the saint’s death on October 3, 1226, now anchors a Franciscan Jubilee Year running from January 10, 2026, through January 10, 2027. This jubilee is not devotional shorthand. It is a formally Read More…

The Jubilee of Saint Francis has begun