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When drought exposed the pale stone outline of the Basilica of St. Neophytos beneath Lake Iznik, it stirred more than archaeological interest. The remains lie in the ancient city of Nicaea, where bishops gathered in 325 to articulate a truth that would shape Christian faith for centuries: Jesus Christ is truly God. This week’s gathering Read More…

What the ruins of Nicaea teach us today

The time has come to reeducate our bishops, beginning with how they use—and manifestly misuse—the English language.

Surveys indicate that reading books is dropping precipitously across all age groups. This is a tragedy in itself; it’s also a social disaster, as a post-literate society risks becoming a post-rational society. All the more [...]

US Secretary of Transportation (and Catholic) Sean Duffy moved public decorum into the national spotlight to point out that how we dress for and address one another matters.

Abandoning Latin – “The Vatican has announced the most far-reaching overhaul of its internal administration in a quarter of a century, with Pope Leo XIV approving two major regulatory texts that will reshape daily life [...]

The recent revelation that Meta employees privately compared themselves to drug pushers while the company suppressed evidence of severe mental health harms to children arrives with the subtlety of a fire alarm in a library. [...]

Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa. / Credit: Robert Linsdell via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 18:04 pm (CNA). Legislators in Canada are reportedly poised to strip religious protections from the country’s hate-speech laws as part of... [...]

Bishop Robert Barron took to social media to encourage people to pray for and advocate for kidnapped children in Nigeria, as they enter their second week in captivity. Posting from a church in Illinois following the baptism of his grand nephew, Bishop Barron said he wished to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. Hundreds of Read More…

Nun connected to kidnapped kids in Nigeria writes Bishop Barron

Papal trips have become characterized by papal press conferences, and Pope Leo indicated this December 2, returning from Turkey-Lebanon, that he will continue the tradition. The large number of countries represented by the press on board usually means that the pontiff is asked about a variety of global situations, and personal ones, too. This afternoon, Read More…

Pope Leo shares a book that reveals “who Prevost is”

I do not have a single problem in having interreligious dialogues and encounters if they are geared to drawing Muslims (and other non-Christians) to embracing the fullness of who God is as taught by the Catholic Church.