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This Valentine’s Day, Make a Holy Hour as a Couple

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Church kidnappings plague Nigeria as clerics declare nation a “failed state”

A wave of terror has swept through central Nigeria, marked by a series of brazen kidnappings and killings. The most recent incident occurred on February 6, when gunmen abducted nine teenage worshippers during a night [...]

Pope’s Visit Brings Hope to Seaside Community Challenged by Drugs, Prostitution

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U.S. clergy celebrate Masses in detention centers, urging humane treatment

Archbishop Alexander Sample issued a statement stressing the Church’s duty to safeguard detainees’ access to the sacraments. [...]

Blessed James Miller: An Unsung Hero Among American Saints

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ICE must allow Communion, distribution of ashes at Illinois detention center, judge says

Clergy had argued they “have lost their own religious freedom, by blanket denial of any opportunity to provide spiritual consolation.” [...]

Connection to St. Augustine that Leo will find on 1st Lent parish visit

By choosing Santa Maria Regina Pacis (St. Mary Queen of Peace) in Ostia as the first parish in Rome he will visit on February 15, 2026, Leo XIV intends to invoke peace and visit a place symbolic of his spiritual master, St. Augustine. In an interview with I.MEDIA, Father Giovanni Vincenzo Patanè, parish priest, details Read More…

Connection to St. Augustine that Leo will find on 1st Lent parish visit

How a love story turned into a song for Jesus

When singer-songwriter Aly Aleigha was commissioned for a second year by Ascension Press to compose a song for Fr. Mike Schmitz’s Advent series “Waiting Well,” the song made her “work for it.” After getting to the “good-but-not-right-yet” stage, the University of Minnesota-Duluth graduate scrapped everything. She re-worked without success and decided to try an entirely Read More…

How a love story turned into a song for Jesus