Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church

On March 9, 2026, Pope Leo XIV received in an audience the members of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, composed of Croatian Željko Komšić, current chairman of the presidency, Bosnian Denis Bećirović, and Serbian Željka Cvijanović. They then met with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, in the absence of Read More…

Medjugorje, fewer Catholics: Bosnia-Herzegovina leaders meet Pope

When modern states invoke the Hebrew Bible to defend war, they usually make a simple move: ancient Israel fought enemies in the name of God, so nations today may do the same. The argument sounds biblical, but it fails both theologically and politically. The first problem is historical. Ancient Israel was not unique simply because Read More…

Can nations justify war by citing the Hebrew Bible?

We have all had those moments. You mishear someone’s name, call a person the wrong thing, or say something slightly ridiculous before realizing what has just happened. Most of us would quite happily rewind time in that instant. Prince William, however, recently showed another approach: simply own it and laugh. During a visit to Cornwall Read More…

Prince William shows why it’s good to laugh at ourselves

A Successor of Peter always has a very busy daily schedule that requires constant support and assistance. In order to keep things moving smoothly, they usually have an inner group of assistants who stand at the ready in every meeting and event. Here is a glimpse into the closest circle of His Holiness Leo XIV’s Read More…

The 4 men who make up Pope Leo’s inner circle

The city of Milan is the beautiful home of St. Carlo Acutis, the saint of the popular online display of Eucharistic miracles. Recently the Archdiocese of Milan has officially opened another cause for beatification and canonization for millennial Marco Gallo, a 17-year-old who died in a fatal car crash in 2011. This marks the initial Read More…

17-year-old from Italy could be next millennial saint

The SSPX responds to recent questions posed concerning their canonical irregularities and underlying doctrinal disputes with Rome.

The most prosperous nation in human history somehow decided to eat the most impovershed food in human history.

Father Pierre el-Rahi, a Maronite Catholic priest from the village of Qlayaa in southern Lebanon, was killed in an Israeli bombing on Monday, March 9. Four other people were wounded, according to the Œuvre d’Orient. A first artillery strike was reportedly fired in the afternoon, wounding a couple who owned a house in the parish, Read More…

Priest among those killed in Israeli bombing of Lebanon

As the Paralympic Games capture the world’s attention once again, a fascinating historical detail has resurfaced: more than half a century before the first official Paralympics in 1960, the Vatican had already hosted something strikingly similar. According to research highlighted by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, a series of sporting and gymnastics competitions took place Read More…

How the Vatican hosted its own “Paralympics” a century ago

Being able to understand the words of the Mass doesn’t necessarily mean you understand its mystery.