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The Ten Commandments outside the Texas state capitol building. / Credit: BLundin via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Houston, Texas, Aug 25, 2025 / 17:57 pm (CNA). Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has directed public schools across the state not enjo... [...]

Known as “the papal chef,” Salvo Lo Castro spent 10 years at the Vatican cooking meals for Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. Now, he’s opened his first restaurant in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood called Casasalvo. / Credit: TheBrandoe... [...]

Pope Leo XIV greets French altar servers during an audience on Aug. 25, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 25, 2025 / 16:57 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said during an audience with French altar servers in Rome on Aug... [...]

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez is president of Nicaragua’s bishops’ conference. / Credit: Alonso3215 (CC0 1.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 25, 2025 / 15:09 pm (CNA). Over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV received the exiled president of the Nicarag... [...]

Carlos Alcaraz — the 22-year-old Spanish star and currently one of the world’s top players — was recently spotted receiving a priest’s blessing in New York City just as the US Open was about to kick off. A short video shared on social media captured the touching moment: Alcaraz bowing his head as a Catholic Read More…

Here’s the Catholic way Carlos Alcaraz prepares for US Open

Many monarchs in the history of the world were terrible parents, as they essentially let their children be raised by nurses and maids, having nothing to do with them. St. Louis of France, on the other hand, was much more concerned about the upbringing of his children and desired that they lead a good and Read More…

Fatherly advice from St. Louis of France to his son

Today we’re used to preaching being something that happens mostly indoors in the context of the Mass or perhaps a retreat or novena. Especially in countries with a greater separation of church and state, religious speech and religious activity in general tends to happen in the private confines of a church or retreat center. Processions Read More…

These French churches have pulpits – on the outside!

In 2022, when Aneta was at work, her boss noticed that she was behaving strangely. “We were having occupational health and safety training. The paramedic who was leading it said I had symptoms of epilepsy,” she says. She went to a neurologist to get checked out. The diagnosis after the tests was clear: epilepsy. Aneta Read More…

Woman, cured from epilepsy, thanks St. Andrew Bobola 

At the Vatican, on August 23, Pope Leo XIV addressed members of the International Catholic Legislators Network (ICLN), urging them to resist the temptations of power and to embrace their vocation as “bridge-builders” between faith and politics. The gathering, held at the Vatican during the Jubilee of Hope, marked the group’s 16th annual meeting. This Read More…

We’re all concerned about where world is headed, says Pope

Most of us underestimate the impact constant interaction with nasty accounts on social media can have on us—mentally, physically, emotionally, and especially spiritually.