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Leo and Bartholomew in Nicaea

A reunification of Orthodoxy with Catholicism could remind each of what was lost in the schism.

Today is 100th anniversary of the First Saturday devotion

Many Catholics around the world are familiar with the First Saturday devotion, a devotion that was tied to Venerable Lucia, one of the three child visionaries at Fatima. However this devotion is relatively new to the Catholic Church, as it only came about through a private revelation given to Venerable Lucia in 1925, that is, Read More…

Today is 100th anniversary of the First Saturday devotion

Rome and the Church in the United States

Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore, who confirmed my father, was a pugnacious Irishman with a taste for shocking people via undiplomatic language. In a conversation with the great historian John Tracy Ellis, Curley, who [...]

Breaking Up With Toxic Femininity 

The seeming pendulum swing away from what we think of as feminism on the left is nothing more than feminism on the right. Femininity is something entirely different.

Vatican inspires Michael Bublé’s “renewed sense of faith”

You’ll no doubt have seen that the much-admired crooner Michael Bublé was at the Vatican recently to perform in the Concert With the Poor. And while he was there he created quite an impression! Not only did he perform an impromptu Ave Maria during a press conference (explaining it was the only song requested by Read More…

Vatican inspires Michael Bublé’s “renewed sense of faith”

Vatican publishes the Pontifical Yearbook in digital format

The Pontifical Yearbook of the Catholic Church — which collects data on dioceses, dicasteries of the Roman Curia, nunciatures, and embassies to the Holy See, as well as cardinals and religious institutes around the world — is now available online. The Secretariat of State made this announcement on December 9, 2025. The very first user Read More…

Vatican publishes the Pontifical Yearbook in digital format

Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Mariologists Respond – “In a lengthy response, the International Marian Association Theological Commission highlights what it sees as significant errors and omissions in the Vatican’s controversial doctrinal note Mater Populi Fidelis.” Leading Mariologists Publish Scathing [...]

Did angels really carry the Holy House of Mary to Loreto, Italy?

The Holy House of Our Lady in the Shrine of Loreto. / Credit: Tatiana Dyuvbanova/Shutterstock Loreto, Italy, Dec 10, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux have in common? They all trave... [...]

Pew study: Religion holds steady in America

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 9, 2025 / 15:30 pm The number of American adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained steady, a new Pew Research Center report [...]

Pope says Trump Ukraine plan would weaken U.S. alliance with Europe

Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Dec 9, 2025 / 15:15 pm Pope Leo XIV said President Donald Trump’s plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens to break apart the alliance between Europe and the United States. [...]