Pope Francis noted many young people “feel dismayed as they look to the future,” and says “a call to leave ourselves behind [in a vocation] and embark on a journey of love and service.”
As Pope Francis marks 33 days in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital fighting double pneumonia, the official medical information provided to journalists as become less detailed and less frequent, something which...
Pope Francis is becoming less dependent on oxygen flow as he recovers from a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia, with the Vatican saying he is being progressively weaned from both...
What Is Spiritual Reading? Spiritual reading consists of reading something that explains some aspect of Catholic truth in an attractive, enriching way. Its function is to help reinforce and deepen...
I might as well admit something about prayer from the very start: sometimes when I read a formal prayer, from memory or with a prayer book, I find my mind wandering. Somehow, I can’t always keep my...
I was sitting on the soft, green grass at my parents’ lake home in rural Minnesota admiring all of creation. The weather was lovely on that bright summer afternoon when my husband of fifteen years...
Ash Wednesday 2025: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2025, like in...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...
'Nosferatu,' the 1922 German silent horror film from F.W. Murnau, is on the Vatican's list of significant films.
A silent horror film with a spiritual lesson...
Matthew Thouvenin
California Capitol Building
In contrast to his stance in 2019 with respect to legislation that opened a three-year window for filing...
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Raymond Arroyo talks with Archbishop Joseph Naumann on Kansas City, Kansas, on EWTN on March 20, 2025.
‘If they were trying to do this to an...