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Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, carries the Blessed Sacrament during a procession at Pickaway Correctional Institution on June 28, 2024, at one of the stops on the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Credit: Catholic Tim... [...]

A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty advocates a hopeful sign going into 2026 even amid high levels of capital punishment. [...]

Wrapping up the Jubilee Year 2025, with its theme centered on hope (Pilgrims of Hope) such that it has been called the Year of Hope, has most of us asking: What’s next? There is already one clear answer to that question. The 2,000th anniversary of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus is coming soon-ish: in Read More…

Is 2026 the Year of Something? On to the next holy year or jubilee

“I’ve been a fan of yours since San Remo! And my secretary is your biggest fan, if not in the world, then at least in Latin America!” Receiving such spontaneous compliments from a Pontiff is no small thing … Received in a private audience on November 12, Italian singer Laura Pausini didn’t hide her surprise Read More…

Pope Leo’s first year: Encounters with celebrities

When Pope Leo XIV released his message for the 59th World Day of Peace, he did not offer a diplomatic checklist or a spiritual abstraction. Instead, he presented peace as a lived Christian posture—unarmed, disarming, and urgently relevant in a world shaped by fear, rearmament, and technological warfare. The World Day of Peace is celebrated Read More…

World Day of Peace: 5 Takes from Pope Leo’s message

Now that TV and smartphones are everywhere, we forget how things used to be.  There was a time when reading classic books was the go-to entertainment for people from all classes and backgrounds. Don’t believe me? Check out Louis L’Amour’s fascinating memoir, Education of a Wandering Man.  L’Amour spent more than a decade wandering the Read More…

2026 goal: Bring back the lost art of self-education

Have your kids had the flu this winter? Mine had it last week, and it feels as if all of my friends’ kids had it too (or a stomach bug, or hand-foot-mouth disease, or RSV, or … the list is endless).  While my kids were laid up with fevers, I thought about a few things that Read More…

St. Benedict’s good advice for care of the sick

The city of Lyon, France, has announced a 45% reduction in funding for private middle schools under contract with the government. Catholic schools are among those affected. This cut is based on a new method of calculating the flat rate for day students, the basis for allocating funding. The Interdepartmental Union of Catholic Education Management Read More…

Catholic schools hit by funding cuts in French city of Lyon

From December 2025 through December 2026, the Church is celebrating a Jubilee Year dedicated to John of the Cross, one of Christianity’s most demanding — and enduring — spiritual teachers. Proclaimed by the Discalced Carmelites with papal approval, the jubilee marks two anniversaries: 300 years since his canonization and 100 years since he was named Read More…

Why the Church is marking a Jubilee for John of the Cross

Just days before taking the stage for The Voice Season 28 finale, singer Aubrey Nicole returned to a very different stage: the one that started it all. In a video posted to Instagram on December 7, the top 4 finalist is seen standing in the pews of the historic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Read More…

This church performance is best yet of ‘The Voice’ finalist