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Making San Francisco Catholic Again

San Francisco might be seen as a lost cause for Catholics, but hidden in its heart is another story.

Bishop Barron lauds U.S. secretary of state’s speech to Munich Security Conference

Marco Rubio’s speech elicited a standing ovation and widespread accolades, including from the bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. [...]

Pope appoints Catholic Harvard professor to Vatican social sciences academy

Tyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is an epidemiologist and director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. [...]

Catholic bishop calls on Bangladesh’s new leaders to protect minorities

A Catholic bishop calls on Bangladesh’s newly elected government to protect minority rights after the BNP’s landslide victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising. [...]

Fighting evil? Here’s a great saint for our daughters

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 daughters

With unique letter, Filipino bishops urge digital media fast

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 fast

Pope prays as Madagascar’s plight worsens with twin cyclones

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 cyclones

This is what not to do during the season of Lent

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 Lent

Is Greta Thunberg the Antichrist?

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?

Looking Toward Lent

Lent is coming upon us quickly this year! Will we sit still long enough to slow it down, or just let another one pass us by?