As World Cup approaches, Pope Leo’s June prayer intention is for sport to foster peace
With the FIFA World Cup opening this month, Pope Leo XIV has dedicated his June prayer intention to the power of sport to build bridges between cultures and nations.
Gordon Zahn’s influence on Catholic just war teaching
Gordon Zahn’s influence on Catholic views toward state-sponsored violence, conscientious objection, pacifism and discipleship reached far beyond American shores in his long career of activism.
Archbishop Wester: The church must draw closer to L.G.B.T.Q. people
I recently attended a meeting in Racine, Wis., organized by New Ways Ministry, that deepened my pastoral concern, understanding and right judgment about the lives of L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics.
Pope Leo appoints president of EWTN News as head of Vatican communications
Maria Montserrat Alvarado, a Mexican-American, will be the first lay woman to lead the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication.
ICE and protesters clash at Delaney Hall: What to know about the detention center’s ‘horrible’ conditions
Activists work to assist detained migrants and their families as protests against the ICE facility enter their second week.
Robert George and the importance of charitable disagreement among Catholics
I find that desire for dialogue increasingly important in the church, which is one of the many reasons I was happy that Professor Robert George joined us this week on “The Spiritual Life.”
Pope Leo calls Archbishop Fulton Sheen ‘a light of faith’ who touched millions with the Gospel
Pope Leo XIV praised Venerable Fulton J. Sheen on June 1 as “a light of faith, hope, and love” whose radio and television broadcasts brought the Gospel to millions of Americans—including the pope himself as a child.
Rep. Tom Suozzi: Faith should be freely embraced, not politically imposed
Catholic social teaching has shaped me in countless ways. But faith is strongest when it is freely embraced, not politically imposed.
Spanish bishops denounce emotional manipulation in evangelization
The bishops‘ note warns that an “emotional bombardment” employed as part of some methods of evangelization can become a form of spiritual abuse or promote an “emotional reductionist” form of Catholic spirituality.
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