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Aid to the Church in Need–USA and the Faith & Reason Institute have launched a new podcast series, Faith Under Siege, spotlighting Christians who face persecution and violence for their faith across the globe. The inaugural episode features Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in conversation with author Robert Royal. The Read More…

New podcast examines global Christian persecution

According to recent statistics, most Americans check their phones an average of 186 times per day. This means all throughout the day, typically starting when a person wakes up in the morning until they put their phone down before falling asleep, we are repeatedly taking a look at our screens. For many, checking their phone Read More…

Brief prayers to pray the next time you check your phone

As we move through January, long after the Christmas sparkle has dimmed, there’s a timeless story that still glows with relevance: the story of Our Lady of Pontmain, or as she’s also known, Our Lady of Hope. Her feast day — January 17 — has just passed, but her message is strikingly apt at any Read More…

Have you heard of the laughing, singing vision of Our Lady?

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When Americans think of Spain, they often picture Mediterranean beaches, centuries-old churches, or lively cafés. Few would expect a quiet agricultural town to become the center of a national tragedy —and even fewer would imagine a teenager emerging as one of its defining figures. That is what happened in Adamuz, a small town in southern Read More…

After Spain’s train wreck, a teen rushed to help

There’s a moment in figure skating that transcends sport: when blades cut into ice, music begins, and a story unfolds without a single spoken word. It’s in that space — between breath and beat, momentum and stillness — that figure skating reveals its deeper poetry: the courage to rise, risk, fall, and rise again. And Read More…

After tragedy: Maxim Naumov’s faith-filled Olympic bid

Following USAID cuts, a network of Catholic university-based advocacy groups, staffed by USCCB and Biden-admin alumni, enables the bishops to continue advancing porous border initiatives.

A harrowing story of persecution and escape has finally come to a conclusion for the D’Souza family.

Living in a polarized world of social media comments and YouTube debates, it can seem like evangelization is an activity in which we argue against someone until they admit defeat. We often assume this is the case based on the vast number of social media influencers (many of them Catholic priests), who “speak the truth” Read More…

Is the goal of evangelization only to win arguments?

More than 20,000 worshippers gathered on a Sydney street late Thursday evening, drawn not by spectacle, but by devotion. They came to witness the installation of what is now the world’s largest monumental bronze sculpture of St. Charbel — a striking four-meter-high (13-foot) depiction of the saint’s face, lifted into place atop St. Charbel’s Monastery Read More…

This largest sculpture of St. Charbel sends a vital message