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‘Biblical Roots’: Picasso’s spiritual ‘sensibilities’ on display at Burgos Cathedral

While Pablo Picasso was a professed atheist, a new exhibit in Spain highlights the spiritual sensibilities of his art. [...]

International Theological Commission: Human life is a vocation

New Vatican-approved document weighs challenges posed by AI and social media. [...]

Meet the artist behind the 47 paintings supporting Sister Thea Bowman’s cause for canonization

Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS, has 47 paintings inspired by Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman that have been packaged into boxes and sent to Rome for review to advance her cause for canonization. [...]

Monsignor Shea: New counseling center in Phoenix will focus on ‘inestimable dignity’ of human person

A Catholic counseling formation program centered on human dignity will open in the fall as part of a collaboration between the University of Mary and the Diocese of Phoenix. [...]

Leo XIV urges seminarians to keep the supernatural

In a Saturday audience at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV offered seminarians a warning that reaches far beyond seminary walls: Do not refuse the supernatural. Welcoming around 50 seminarians from cities across Spain — accompanied by family members and formators — the Holy Father encouraged them to cultivate “a supernatural perspective on reality.” Without it, Read More…

Leo XIV urges seminarians to keep the supernatural

Why Denzel Washington’s message matters this Lent

One thing about social media that is really useful is that old news crops back up again just when you need it most. This was just the case when a famous interview re-emerged between journalist Jillian Hardeman-Webb and Denzel Washington, in which the pair discussed cancel culture and the idea of losing public support. The Read More…

Why Denzel Washington’s message matters this Lent

Lebanon: “They yearn for an ordinary life”

Lebanon is the country with the 2nd highest percentage of Christians in the Middle East (after Cyprus), with its Christian population estimated to be about 40%. Of that group, the largest percentage are Maronite Catholics. Caritas Lebanon on March 3 released a statement about the immediate humanitarian effects on the war there. More than 32,000 Read More…

Lebanon: “They yearn for an ordinary life”

Catholic Rwandan opposition leader’s daughter speaks out ahead of her mother’s trial

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza was a wife and mother who had no intention of working in politics, but “it was her heart that was moved for the Rwandan people" that led her to human rights work. [...]

Pope Leo XIV explains the Church’s ‘human and divine dimensions’

The pope's catechesis focused on the dogmatic constitution "Lumen gentium," one of the pillars of Vatican II. [...]

Church is complex: Pope’s thoughts

Pope Leo continued with his reflection on the Vatican II document dealing with the nature of the Church. In this general audience series, he has been reflecting on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. He spoke today about the divine and human nature of the Church, but also offered a concrete invitation: To build Read More…

Church is complex: Pope’s thoughts