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In his first major State of the World address to ambassadors, Pope Leo XIV zoomed in on vocabulary. Yes, he spoke about war, multilateralism, and human rights. But one passage landed with particular force in the age of AI and social media: The Pope warned that “the meaning of words is becoming ever more fluid,” Read More…

Pope Leo XIV takes aim at Orwellian language

Credit: CDC/Debora Cartagena Jan 12, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholic medical professionals and ethicists had mixed reactions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) announcement last week that it has revised the recommended ch... [...]

I had the chance to spend a week in Athens, Greece. Like any traveler nourished by ancient humanities, I climbed the lands of Pericles to see again the wonders that have shaped our imagination: the temples of Ictinus and Callicrates, the marbles of Phidias, the silhouettes of Praxiteles and Lysippus. They still seem to breathe Read More…

Near Athens, a little-known and astonishing mosaic of Mary

On January 9, a quiet but symbolically charged moment unfolded inside the Apostolic Palace. Pope Leo XIV became the first person to experience a new digital reading of the Shroud of Turin, signaling that one of Christianity’s most scrutinized relics has now fully entered the online world. The initiative, called Avvolti, was presented to the Read More…

The Shroud of Turin enters the digital age

I was heartened to read in Pope Leo XIV’s General Audience of January 7th that he will begin a cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. And how providential it is that [...]

The saints use whatever media they have to spread the Gospel message.  St. Paul wrote letters. St. Maximilian Kolbe used the radio. Venerable Fulton Sheen used television. Their mission continues in our time through ordinary Christians who find creative ways to evangelize through mass media.   A remarkably successful example is Relevant Radio, the third largest Read More…

This radio station is bringing people to God

Every January, the world becomes wildly optimistic. Gyms fill up. Salad sales spike. New planners are opened with fresh hope. Somewhere, someone is convinced that this will finally be the year they become a better version of themselves. And then … February happens (or even before the Magi have visited, if you’re anything like some Read More…

The science of why your New Year’s resolutions fail

On the Feast of the Holy Family, December 28, 2025, Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, invited the faithful to submit any helpful information they might have to advance the cause for canonization of Adele Brice (Brise), the visionary who encountered Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin. This apparition of Our Lady is Read More…

Bishop calls for reports of miracles thanks to Wisconsin visionary

When the last bastion of the truly sacred in the world allows the profane to permeate its structures, art, and music, it does a grave disservice to the faithful.

St. John Henry Newman believed men could be independent and self-governed while still respecting ecclesiastical supremacy. This made him dangerous to many Church authorities.