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Catholic schools in spotlight as French abuse report fuels state oversight debate
Posted on 07/6/2025 10:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
Letting girls be born for all the wrong reasons
Posted on 07/6/2025 09:44 AM (Catholic World Report)
Why I’m starting to doubt my skepticism
Posted on 07/6/2025 08:47 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
It isn’t uncommon that I, as they say, have questions. I’m a natural skeptic and will literally not believe anything until I have multiple sources to confirm it. Nothing trending on social media moves my beliefs even so much as an inch. I dismiss gossip without prejudice. I bat away rumors with ease. No, I Read More…
Why I’m starting to doubt my skepticismOn vacation, Leo XIV to celebrate new Mass dedicated to creation
Posted on 07/6/2025 08:34 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
On July 9, 2025, during his stay at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Leo XIV will celebrate the new Mass “for the protection of creation” (Missa pro custodia creationis). Like other Masses for particular intentions and situations, it consists of a new set of antiphons, prayers, and recommended readings added into the Roman Read More…
On vacation, Leo XIV to celebrate new Mass dedicated to creationThe 72 sent by Jesus included lay people — friends and spouses
Posted on 07/6/2025 08:31 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
When Jesus sends out his 72 (or 70, in some translations) two by two, lay people should pay attention, says Father Roger Landry. “A short time earlier, Jesus had sent out the 12 apostles, those who would become his first priests,” he says. “But to share the Gospel was not meant to be the task Read More…
The 72 sent by Jesus included lay people — friends and spousesSummer screen time that teaches kids about God
Posted on 07/6/2025 08:09 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
I’m probably not the only mom whose kids have been getting some extra screen time this summer. It’s been too hot to play outside much of the day, and we’re enjoying the relaxing downtime without schoolwork to do. But I keep thinking it would be great to watch something my kids can actually learn from Read More…
Summer screen time that teaches kids about GodPope explains how to become a laborer in God’s harvest
Posted on 07/6/2025 08:05 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Sunday Gospel this July 6 by wondering if there is “no shortage of ‘intermittent Christians’ who occasionally act upon some religious feeling or participate in sporadic events,” but too few who are “ready, on a daily basis, to labor in God’s harvest.” But in order to labor in God’s Read More…
Pope explains how to become a laborer in God’s harvestAuxiliary vicar of Opus Dei charged with human trafficking and labor exploitation
Posted on 07/6/2025 07:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
Pope Leo assures prayers for Texas flood victims
Posted on 07/6/2025 06:59 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Pope Leo spoke in his native English after leading the midday Angelus today at the Vatican, to assure his prayers and condolences for the victims of the flooding in Texas. The death toll was at 52 at the time of publication, just under an hour after the Holy Father expressed his prayers. There are 27 Read More…
Pope Leo assures prayers for Texas flood victimsCatholics Mobilize Aid After Historic Flash Floods Devastate Texas Hill Country
Posted on 07/6/2025 00:22 AM (The Daily Register)