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“Something amazing is happening in France, with all these young people asking to be baptized … Perhaps this is a sign of a new springtime for the Church!” These words, spoken by a cardinal who was a close collaborator of Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, reflect the astonishment in Rome at this Read More…

Vatican voices note shocking global numbers of new Catholics

In a message marking the centenary of Italy’s Military Ordinariate, Pope Leo XIV urged both military chaplains and service members to see their work not merely as a profession but as a vocation rooted in charity and the Gospel. Speaking Saturday in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, the Pope addressed bishops, government officials, military leaders, and Read More…

Pope Leo XIV: Military service must serve peace

Spring brings with it a particular kind of optimism. Gardens begin to stir, coats grow lighter, and the world seems to rediscover color after the long stretch of winter. For many retired Catholics, it is also the perfect moment to enjoy parts of life that busier years often left little time for. Below we’ve listed Read More…

5 Unexpected spring joys for retired Catholics

Visitors who gather before the soaring towers of the Sagrada Familia often focus on its sculpted façades and intricate symbolism. But a short distance away stands a far smaller structure that reveals something equally telling about its architect, Antoni Gaudí. In 1909, as construction of the basilica continued, Gaudí designed the Escoles de la Sagrada Read More…

The school “God’s architect” built for Sagrada Familia’s workers

Although abortion has been legal in the country since 1978, by a large majority vote in the legislature the small European nation has inserted the "freedom to abort" in the constitution. [...]

An exhibit honoring the 19 Algerian martyrs is making stops at major cities around the globe. The postulator for the martyrs’ cause and the sister of one of them tells EWTN News what they stood for. [...]

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia has till now served as the Vatican's representative to the United Nations in New York. [...]

Polish archbishop Antoni Baraniak was beaten, starved, and interrogated 145 times by the Stalinist regime — and never yielded. [...]

Between the omnipotence of God, who holds all creation in being, and the impotence of men, who possess no claim whatsoever on being, there remains an impassible barrier which no creature may presume to breach.

The expression “caught on the horns of a dilemma” derives from the undesirable situation of facing a charging bull and having to choose which horn to be gored upon. Life is full of such terrible [...]