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Colombia celebrates 120th anniversary of Eucharistic miracle that stopped a tsunami
Posted on 02/5/2026 07:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
Could this Australian survivor become a canonized saint?
Posted on 02/5/2026 06:44 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Fr. Roderick O’Brien, a retired priest in the Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia, believes the life of a victim of sexual abuse in the 1940s needs to be known. He hopes one day she will be declared a saint. He was speaking about Jan Ruff-O’Herne, a Catholic woman who was sexually abused during the Japanese occupation Read More…
Could this Australian survivor become a canonized saint?Louisiana’s little known “extra” holiday season
Posted on 02/5/2026 06:30 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
While many are wrapping up Christmas celebrations on December 25, Catholics continue to celebrate and rejoice until the feast of the Epiphany on January 6 — or even until the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas) on February 2. Then it’s back to the humdrum of ordinary life. Much of the world is just focused on Read More…
Louisiana’s little known “extra” holiday seasonExperts warn that organ donation could help drive high assisted suicide rates in Canada
Posted on 02/5/2026 06:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
An Open Letter to US Dioceses
Posted on 02/5/2026 05:10 AM (Crisis Magazine)
From misuse to abuse, the time of blind giving to a bishop's Annual Appeal is over. Students Are Reading Less. This is Why.
Posted on 02/5/2026 05:00 AM (Crisis Magazine)
Educators need to entice reading, and kicking the classics to the curb won’t help.Cardinal Zuppi enters fraught Italian debate over assisted suicide
Posted on 02/5/2026 04:13 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian Bishops Conference (the CEI), boldly entered the debate over assisted suicide in Italy in advance of a bill seeking to regulate and possibly expand access, set to reach the Senate this month. The bill follows on the heels of two regions, Tuscany and Sardinia, regulating assisted suicide in Read More…
Cardinal Zuppi enters fraught Italian debate over assisted suicideLeo XIV thanks the “Pontifical Family” in unusual audience
Posted on 02/5/2026 04:12 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
“[T]he service of honor certainly requires a particular code of ethics, but even more so a solid faith,” Leo XIV told the staff of the Pontifical Household, the entity that assists the pope in his daily life within the Apostolic Palace. As he is set to move in to his apartments there soon, he praised Read More…
Leo XIV thanks the “Pontifical Family” in unusual audienceA pre-Christmas execution in Florida raises questions
Posted on 02/5/2026 03:52 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
The death penalty was carried out against Frank Walls only a week before Christmas in 2025. Among an increasing number of executions in Florida and nationwide, his case highlights the Church’s advocacy work for life and against the death penalty. In a recent webinar with Catholic Mobilizing Network, Maria di Liberato explained that she represented Read More…
A pre-Christmas execution in Florida raises questionsThe surprising brain benefit of helping with grandchildren
Posted on 02/5/2026 03:38 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Many grandparents delight in doting on their grandchildren — from bedtime stories to bundled-up walks in the park. But according to a new report, there may be a deeper benefit to that loving involvement than just warm memories. A study reported by Tony Dokoupil for CBS News suggests that grandparents who actively help care for Read More…
The surprising brain benefit of helping with grandchildren