What JD Vance’s conversion can teach us about the parable of the wheat and weeds
JD Vance’s new memoir perfectly illustrates that it’s the company we keep, the soil in which we choose to implant ourselves, that truly matters.
This Catholic group wants you to be like Leo and share a meal with the poor
When Pope Leo XIV sat down to lunch with people experiencing homelessness and poverty at Castel Gandolfo this month, he offered a model that any parish can follow.
JUG and the struggle for salvation
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Eric Gregory
The immigrants killed by ICE whose names we don’t remember
The names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti echo in our national discourse. But what about Joan Sebastian Guerrero?
Pope Leo is sending two special envoys to Ukraine
Pope Leo is sending a Vatican cardinal and archbishop to Ukraine on his behalf this week to advance peace efforts that began under Pope Francis.
After Vatican’s excommunication, SSPX in Kenya insists on Catholic identity, fighting archdiocese
“We are not a parallel church. We remain fully Catholic and attached to the See of Peter and to his successor, Pope Leo XIV,” said Father Pierre Champroux, the priest in charge of the SSPX’s Holy Cross Parish in Nairobi.
SSPX appeals Vatican decision, claiming excommunication is ‘suspended’
The Society of St. Pius X—the group that the Vatican declared to be in schism on July 2—claims that beginning the appeal process “has the effect of suspending” the execution of the Vatican decree.
Of wheat stalks, mustard seed and yeast
July 19, 2026, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus assures us about the unfathomable nature of our God and of this awesome divine presence here and now.
Chicago priest and outspoken social activist under investigation for abuse allegation he ‘strongly’ denies
In his statement, Father Michael Pfleger—an outspoken activist against racism, gun violence and other social injustices—said he had been “threatened, slandered, and attacked” throughout the “51 years” of his ministry.
What the World Cup reveals about faith and belonging—amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
The world is watching soccer this month—and following all the politics that go with it.
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