UK Catholic leaders praise Andy Burnham on end-of-life care, call for faith-driven leadership
The U.K. prime minister has stated that palliative care and social care funding need to be “fixed” so that vulnerable people can have “peace of mind” about the care that they receive towards the end of their life.
Florida carries out double executions as Catholic bishops call to end death penalty
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops previously urged Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is Catholic, to stay the two executions.
The smoke from Canada shows the dangers of short-term economic thinking
The smoke from Canada makes the idea of a common home strikingly literal.
For the love of God, pick up a book
A homily on how the “end of reading” has profound implications for our society—and for the church, too.
Pope Leo to young Catholics: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch potatoes
The church “needs your holy rebelliousness, your pure energy, and your desire to transform situations of suffering into spaces of hope,” the pope said to youth in a video message.
What a Buffalo priest and the basilica he built taught me about prayer
For 100 years now, Our Lady of Victory Basilica has been a landmark of the Western New York region and a pilgrimage site for tens of thousands of people every year.
Wildfires in Spain force Augustinian nuns to evacuate monastery
In a statement published July 27, the sisters of the Monastery of the Conversion in Sotillo de la Adrada said they were evacuated July 25 and “had no choice but to leave the monastery.”
Twelve wicker baskets full
August 2, 2026, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Common themes of food and being fed tie this Sunday’s readings together.
We were hoping
A Reflection for The Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
Polish suspect in Medjugorje vandalism detained amid calls for prayer, not anger
“We pray for the conversion of the hearts of those who committed this act, that the Lord may touch them with His grace and lead them on the path of goodness,” the Medjugorje parish said in a July 28 statement addressing an act of vandalism.
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