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2 Priests dedicated to Jesus’ heart died day after Valentine’s
Posted on 02/17/2026 06:12 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Often God’s divine providence is not seen until years after the fact. This frequently happens when saints die on a specific day, which later becomes a feast filled with symbolism. One example of God’s providential “coincidence” is how two priests who were dedicated to spreading the good news of Jesus’ merciful heart died on the Read More…
2 Priests dedicated to Jesus’ heart died day after Valentine’s1,500th Mass for Korean Reconciliation celebrated in Seoul
Posted on 02/17/2026 06:07 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
In the evening of February 10, 2026, the archbishop of Seoul, Korea, Peter Soon-taick Chung, O.C.D., presided over the 1,500th Mass for Korean Reconciliation and Unity at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the Myeong-Dong district. According to a press release from the archdiocese, these Reconciliation Masses have been held every Tuesday at 7 Read More…
1,500th Mass for Korean Reconciliation celebrated in SeoulMany early Christians became vegetarians during Lent
Posted on 02/17/2026 05:59 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Currently the Roman Catholic Church has only two days during Lent when Catholics are obliged to fast (Ash Wednesday and Good Friday), and Fridays are traditionally days of abstinence from meat. These rules have been pared down over the centuries, as abstinence from meat was at one time observed throughout the entirety of Lent. Fish Read More…
Many early Christians became vegetarians during LentThe Epstein Cataclysm
Posted on 02/17/2026 05:10 AM (Crisis Magazine)
The Epstein files are breaking on the world like an asteroid slamming into earth. Making San Francisco Catholic Again
Posted on 02/17/2026 05:00 AM (Crisis Magazine)
San Francisco might be seen as a lost cause for Catholics, but hidden in its heart is another story.Fighting evil? Here’s a great saint for our daughters
Posted on 02/16/2026 07:13 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
So many strong, holy women make up the history of the Church, with Our Lady reigning over them all. On February 16, we celebrate the feast of St. Juliana of Nicomedia, and she is certainly a notable member of this list. Two other Julianas are perhaps better known. There is Juliana of Liege (1192-1258) who Read More…
Fighting evil? Here’s a great saint for our daughtersWith unique letter, Filipino bishops urge digital media fast
Posted on 02/16/2026 06:30 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
As Lent 2026 approaches, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines is calling the faithful to a new kind of fasting: stepping back from digital media to make room for Christ. A unique pastoral letter dated February 13 and released ahead of Lent gives only a few paragraphs to make the point, and then offers Read More…
With unique letter, Filipino bishops urge digital media fastPope prays as Madagascar’s plight worsens with twin cyclones
Posted on 02/16/2026 06:16 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
After leading Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Leo XIV voiced his closeness to the people of Madagascar, where back-to-back cyclones have left widespread destruction and thousands displaced. “I pray for the victims and their families, and for all those who have suffered serious damage,” the Pope said, entrusting the country to God amid what local authorities have Read More…
Pope prays as Madagascar’s plight worsens with twin cyclonesThis is what not to do during the season of Lent
Posted on 02/16/2026 05:44 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Lent is a sacred time in the Church’s calendar that calls us to renew our spiritual lives and dedicate ourselves to prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Technically speaking the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church doesn’t have many official rules about Lent. In the United States, there are two days of fasting (Ash Wednesday and Good Read More…
This is what not to do during the season of LentIs Greta Thunberg the Antichrist?
Posted on 02/16/2026 05:10 AM (Crisis Magazine)
Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel may have identified the Antichrist as being an anti-tech luddite like Greta, but is his own technology itself the true snare that will enslave us?