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Anxious, depressed, online, and isolated, the once firmly anti-gun left has taken up arms to silence, once and for all, the voice of truth.

Today is the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council—and one can be excused perhaps for feeling a little exhausted by the entire topic. After all, it was a council that, by [...]

The Catholic Church has always acknowledged the posture of kneeling as something uniquely beautiful within the context of the Holy Mass, a gesture that speaks more deeply than words.

The world was shocked when Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854. While Protestants rejected the teaching outright, even many Catholics objected to the pope’s decision. Exalting the role of [...]

On this continent and abroad, governments are increasingly debating, and often passing into law, a so-called “right to die.” This faux right is the permission for, and more often the subtle coercion of, an individual [...]

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December 7 is the birthday of Irish saint Columba, founder of many monasteries — Derry, Durrow and Kells in his homeland but the most famous being on the Isle of Iona in Argyll. He was a missionary to Scotland and is credited as one of the nation’s early founders. The Book of Kells hails St. Read More…

Get to know a patron saint of poetry on his 1,504th birthday

After praying the midday Angelus this December 7, Pope Leo noted his return last week from his first apostolic visit, which brought him to Turkey and Lebanon. He said: A few days ago I returned from my first Apostolic Journey to Türkiye and Lebanon.  With my beloved brother Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Read More…

Leo lauds 60 years since pope, patriarch made history

Noting the 60th anniversary of the end of Vatican II and our continued Advent journey, Pope Leo on this December 7 said that we can take a reminder from the lights on the street, “that each of us can be a little light, if we welcome Jesus, the shoot of a new world.” The Pope Read More…

Advent spirituality is concrete, says Pope Leo

True union with God comes not by escaping time but by coursing through it with Christ, its creator and consummator.