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The 300 Catholic leaders are asking that Congress approve protections for migrants in any funding bill to prioritize family unity and alternatives to detention. About 300 Catholic leaders, including 15 bishops, sent a letter to the [...]

The Chicago Archdiocese said it fired substitute teacher Brett Smith after learning of his history of child sex abuse allegations. Court documents reveal that a man who served as a substitute teacher for over a [...]

Filipino overseas workers, driven by economic necessity, have become what Pope Francis calls “smugglers of the faith,” quietly evangelizing through presence and service in parishes worldwide. Across continents, Filipino Catholics have emerged as what Pope [...]

Catholic marriages in the U.S. have declined 75% in about 50 years, even as the Catholic population has risen. A steep decline in Catholic marriages in the U.S. over the past few decades is underscoring [...]

Warning against corruption, Thailand’s Catholic bishops have called on all citizens to exercise their moral duty to vote in the upcoming general elections. Ahead of general elections scheduled for next month, Catholic bishops in Thailand [...]

Syrian Christians in Al-Jazeera await a political solution amid fears of an ISIS comeback. In a significant development, government forces this week have taken control of large areas in northeast Syria’s Al-Jazeera region after the [...]

After violent storms battered central Portugal, damaging homes, infrastructure, and parts of the Fátima region, Pope Leo XIV sent a message of solidarity to the country, expressing closeness to families mourning the dead and to all those affected by the disaster. In a letter published on January 30, 2026, and addressed to José Ornelas Carvalho, Read More…

After storm damages Fátima, Pope sends message to Portugal

May “these days of healthy competition contribute to building bridges between cultures and peoples, promoting welcoming, solidarity, and peace.” This is Leo XIV’s wish for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, in a telegram published on January 29, 2026. The Vatican sent this message on the occasion of the presentation of the “Olympic cross” to the athletes, Read More…

Pope Leo XIV’s message for 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

Frank D. Gilroy lays bare the emotions of love and hate, empathy and dejection, in his loosely-autobiographical award-winning play The Subject Was Roses, set in 1946 West Bronx, New York, featuring the Cleary family, John and Nettie, and their son Timothy. Debuting on May 25, 1964, on Broadway — starring Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen — Read More…

‘The Subject Was Roses’: Navigating love’s thorns

From Montecassino Abbey to La Verna Sanctuary, Italy has no shortage of monasteries and abbeys located in picturesque locations. But as far as island monasteries go, it’s hard to beat the Monastery of St. Julius, in Italy’s Lake Orta. Just 900 feet long and 500 feet wide, the island stands at the center of Lake Read More…

The tiny Italian Alpine lake that celebrates St. Julius on January 31