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The Chicago Bears have had an exciting season, an impressive turnaround from the previous year, under new coach Ben Johnson. Johnson’s mantra for the Bears has become a byword in Chicago. His slogan? “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” The mantra captures a relentless Read More…

Pope Leo and the truth behind a saint and the Chicago Bears

Monsignor Anthony J. Figueiredo and Bishop Mylo Vergara of Pasig, Philippines, bless the facility of the 2022 “Economy of Fraternity” prize recipient, the Ecocharcoal Briquettes Project in the Diocese of Pasig, on Dec. 3, 2025. | Courtesy of Mon... [...]

It’s easy to make a mistake when we’re upset or perturbed. Consequently, we shouldn’t make crucial decisions when we’re in a bad state of mind. In such cases, a brief prayer and a pause can save us. Prayer is essential to the spiritual growth of every Christian. We find an explanation of the source of Read More…

How can prayer help us make crucial decisions?

The World Watch List, published by the Protestant non-profit Open Doors on January 14, 2026, reveals an alarming observation: Never since the creation of this international benchmark in 1993 has the religious freedom of Christians seemed so fragile. Fifteen countries have reached the threshold of extreme persecution for the first time, a worrying increase. Twenty-six Read More…

From India to China, a discreet stifling of the Christian faith

“Your hearts are pierced today, like Mary’s at the foot of the Cross,” Leo XIV told a delegation of parents of victims of the Crans-Montana (Switzerland) fire, whom he welcomed to the Vatican on January 15, 2026. The Pope acknowledged that this tragedy, which claimed the lives of 40 people and left 116 injured, is Read More…

Leo to victims of New Year’s fire: God’s answer comes after silence

I love hearing your New Year’s resolutions — the more creative, the better. Resolutions don’t have to be hard and serious: You might plan to try a new dessert recipe each month, or go to a new restaurant, watch a movie you haven’t seen, or try a new board game. Half way through January, it Read More…

St. Benedict’s wisdom and a resolution you’ll love to keep

The Sexual Revolution has taken exponentially more American lives and wounded more Americans than Islamism.

The reality of Emmanuel, God with us, demands a response from both those who believe and those who don't.

The Netflix series, "Stranger Things," gives us a layered account of evil that resists reducing all harm to a single explanatory framework.

The feminization of higher‑education leadership has accelerated the drift toward process‑heavy, conflict‑averse administrative cultures that impede institutional clarity.