Bernard Arnault, the head of Louis Vuitton and Europe’s richest man, contributed more than $233 million toward the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
August 2026
Posted inCatholic Movie Club
Peter Weir’s ‘Witness’: thriller, romance, story of faith
‘Witness’ is a taut crime thriller and a heart-racing romance. But it is also a portrayal of a community of faith.
Posted inNews
One year after Annunciation Catholic school shooting, Archbishop Hebda calls on faithful to be ‘beacons of light’
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is encouraging community members to be “beacons of light” ahead of the one-year mark of a fatal shooting during an all-school Mass.
Posted inShort Take
A new tax credit helps kids at Catholic and public schools. Why aren’t more states using it?
For years, political leaders across the ideological spectrum have said that education policy should be “all about the kids.” A new tax credit gives them an opportunity to show it.
Posted inScripture Reflections
The eternal warmth of Nana’s kitchen
A Reflection for the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, by Molly Cahill
Posted inMusic
The holiness of Dolly Parton
I think we saw in Dolly Parton something more than talent, something more than wit or charity. We saw holiness.
Posted inNews
Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care
The violent assault in April on a nun walking in her habit in Jerusalem’s Old City sent shock waves across Israel and its many Christian communities.
Posted inThe Good Word
How Christ learned compassion
What can God in his wholeness, his blessedness, his tranquility, know of our wounds?
Posted inNews
Archbishop urges Trump to ‘rethink’ Haiti deportations after mass kidnapping, massacre
A deadly gang attack near Haiti’s capital on Aug. 23 left more than 47 dead, with at least 50 kidnapped.
Posted inFaith and Reason
What’s wrong with the right-wing ‘heritage American’ story
Many arguments against migration suggest that only certain groups of people (the “blood”) are suitable to live on this land (the “soil”) and that only those belonging to those groups are true Americans. This is intellectually refined Trumpism—it is also immoral and un-American.