Jeopardy! contestant wins thanks to wildest Final Jeopardy coincidence

Jeopardy contestant won thanks to Final Jeopardy family coincidence: I wouldn't label this a Jeopardy! controversy at all. It's just a crazy coincidence, one that producers and others could never have foreseen. In a recent episode, contestants were given the Final Jeopardy clue of "Collections." Here's the clue: In 1896 the Vassar-educated wife of this man wrote, "Thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of Shakespeare."

The Blood-Curdling Permian Monsters That Ruled the Earth Before Dinosaurs

The blood-curdling Permian monsters that ruled the Earth before dinosaurs: Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by Hollywood. The two animals circled each other, both assessing their rival's robust, hairless body. With sabre-teeth like steak knives, piercing claws and skin as thick as a rhino's, they snapped their jaws open nearly 90 degrees – and launched into battle. From the right-hand side of one animal, the other's teeth crunched down from above...

Solidarity: The Path Between Nationalism and Globalism

Solidarity: The Path Between Nationalism and GlobalismSTAUDT: We are one human family, yet we are born as members of a particular nation. Christians are reborn as members of Christ’s Mystical Body that unites believers worldwide. Given these bonds, we might wonder if it’s always better for nations to cooperate more closely to reflect global unity. At first glance, the answer could come back, “Of course, why not?” Indeed, the Church’s mission does promote greater unity...

Woman Attacks Toddler With Pepper Spray During Mass in Brazil

Woman attacks toddler with pepper spray during Mass in Brazil | Crux: A woman attacked a 2-year-old girl and her parents with pepper spray during Mass on Jun. 22 after allegedly being annoyed by the child’s behavior. The case happened in the church of Nossa Senhora do Desterro (Our Lady of Exile) in Jundiaí, a city on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil.

What we learned about Pope Leo through the Knights of Malta

What we learned about Pope Leo through the Knights of Malta | Catholic CultureMIRUS: Pope Leo offered a striking message to the Knights of Malta on the Solemnity of Saint John the Baptist, who is the Order’s patron. The Pope expressed what is already becoming a hallmark of his pontificate, that is, an emphasis on the central and foundational duty of the followers of Christ to proclaim the Gospel. Thus Pope Leo continued to stress the primary obligation of the Christian, which is the obedience of faith to Jesus Christ.

What Should a Good Homily Look Like?

What Should a Good Homily Look Like? - St. Paul CenterHARROLD: In his 2013 apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium (EG), Pope Francis bewailed the fact that both priests and laypeople “suffer because of homilies: the laity from having to listen to them and the clergy from having to preach them!” (135). The Holy Father went on to characterize this situation as “sad,” noting that the homily “can actually be an intense and happy experience of the Spirit, a consoling encounter with God’s word, a constant source of renewal and growth” (ibid.). This raises the question of what a good homily ought to look like...

Harvest Time: A Reflection on the Upcoming 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Harvest Time: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - St. Paul CenterHAHN: Jesus has a vision in this week’s Gospel: Satan falling like lightning from the sky, the enemy vanquished by the missionary preaching of His Church. Sent out by Jesus to begin gathering the nations into the harvest of divine judgment (see Isaiah 27:12–13; Joel 4:13), the seventy are a sign of the continuing mission of the Church. Carrying out the work of the seventy, the Church proclaims the coming of God’s kingdom. She offers His blessings of peace and mercy to every household on earth...

Deacons play a special role in the new evangelization of marriage

Witnesses%20of%20Fidelity%20%u2013%20The%20DeaconMILLARE: On Oct. 2, 1974, Pope St. Paul VI said that the world “listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” (Address to the Members of the Council for the Laity). Deacons are called to serve as evangelists and teachers of married couples and families. Most deacons share the good news about marriage and the family by their witness. Whether a deacon is married or celibate, he can offer an exemplary witness of diakonia and the significance of the call to the married vocation.

The Nazis who wouldn't tell the truth about themselves

The Nazis who wouldn't tell the truth about themselvesMILLS: The prison psychologist for the German prisoners at the Nuremberg trials asked Alfred Rosenberg “whether apart from all of the legal considerations he did not have some misgivings about his antisemitism.” Rosenberg, whom the psychologist called the “chief Nazi philosopher,” had served as Reichsminister for the Eastern Occupied Territories, where he oversaw atrocities, including the Holocaust, as a matter of course.

A Handful of Heretics: How Arius and Others Besmirched the Church’s Glory

A Handful of Heretics ~ The Imaginative ConservativeTORKINGTON: In the fourth century the God-given plan that Jesus introduced to lead people back to share in the glory of God to all eternity came tumbling down. This was because God’s Plan completely depended on Christ, not just to introduce it but to become the go-between with a human and a divine nature, bonded inseparably together in what came to be called the “hypostatic union”. His human love was absolutely crucial as it was that love...

Bring Out the Shovels

Bring Out the Shovels - The Catholic ThingESOLEN: I am a restorationist. When Donatello committed himself to learning from ancient Greek and Roman statuary, he had to dig things up. More than a millennium of dilapidation and sediment had left much of ancient Rome buried under the dirt. Say the word “Renaissance,” and your mind may turn toward the glory of Venice upon the waters, or Michelangelo dreaming under the vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, or Palestrina directing the polyphony of his papal choir...

Strengthening the Seal: Yet Another Diocese Returns Confirmation to Younger Children, Where It Belongs

Understanding the Reality of the Sacrament of Confirmation | Knowing Is DoingTORRE: There is a distinctive pause the moment a parent witnesses their child's Baptism. This momentary pause of pure awe and wonder is quite natural because it reveals the intimate love a parent has for their child. It expresses a desire for their child to receive everything necessary to strengthen the awe and wonder that are witnessed by both parents, the child, and the community...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms | AP News: The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high Renaissance artistry. A decadelong project to clean and restore the largest of the four Raphael Rooms uncovered a novel mural painting technique that the superstar Renaissance painter and architect began but never completed...

Voyage teams up with the U.S. Army to honor 250 years of chaplains

Voyage teams-up with the U.S. Army to honor 250 years of chaplains - Voyage ComicsKOSLOSKI: When the Continental Congress appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, Washington made it a priority to ensure his troops had access to religious chaplains. The Chaplain Corps was approved by the Continental Congress on July 29, 1775, and this year marks the 250th anniversary of that founding...

‘Outrageous’: British MP Criticizes Catholic Priest for Refusing Communion Over Assisted Suicide Vote

British MP Chris Coghlan criticizes Catholic priest Father Ian Vane for refusing holy Communion over bill | Catholic News AgencyWIMMER: A British politician has publicly criticized his parish priest for refusing to give him holy Communion after he voted in favor of the United Kingdom’s assisted dying bill. Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Chris Coghlan took to social media on Sunday and reportedly complained to Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton, describing his treatment as “outrageous.”

God Consecrated Rome’s First Fruits in the Blood of the Martyrs

God%20Consecrated%20Rome%u2019s%20First%20Fruits%20in%20the%20Blood%20of%20the%20Martyrs%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterGRONDELSKI: It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at the head of the first Christian martyrs: the Pope crucified upside down on Vatican Hill, the preacher to the nations beheaded in Rome. As we saw from Paul’s journeys, Christianity spread quickly in the Roman Empire, especially in the cities...

Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus for Sts. Peter and Paul: ‘May Unity Be Forged in Witness and Forgiveness’

Pope Leo XIV at Angelus: May unity be forged in witness and forgiveness - Vatican News: On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV greeted pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square for the Angelus prayer and reflected on Christian unity, conversion, and the witness of martyrdom that binds the Church in a deep and often hidden communion. The Pope began by recalling the roots of the Church of Rome, founded on the testimony and blood of the Apostles Peter and Paul...

5 Ways the 2025 Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Speaks to US Catholics

5 Ways the 2025 Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Speaks to US Catholics| National Catholic RegisterDESOUZA: The Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul — the princes of the apostles and the patrons of the city of Rome — will take on a special character this year, especially for American Catholics. The feast falls on Sunday, so while it is always observed with a papal Mass in Rome, every parish will also keep the feast, as it outranks a Sunday in Ordinary Time. In fact, it caps off four consecutive Sunday “solemnities” this June: Pentecost, Most Holy Trinity, Corpus Christi and Peter and Paul.

Homily on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29, 2025)

Holy Mass and Blessing of the Sacred Pallium for the new Metropolitan Archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June 2025) | LEO XIVCOATOFARMS: Today we celebrate two brothers in faith, Peter and Paul, whom we honour as pillars of the Church and venerate as patrons of the diocese and city of Rome. The story of these two Apostles has much to say to us, the community of the Lord’s disciples, as we make our pilgrim way in today’s world. Upon reflection, I would like to emphasize two specific aspects of their faith: ecclesial communion and the vitality of faith.

Pope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: 'Your Faith Is Being Put to the Test’

Pope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: 'Your faith is being put to the test' - Vatican NewsLUBOV: Even if your faith is being put to the test, trust in God, Pope Leo XIV told Ukrainian Greek Catholics on Saturday in the Vatican. The Pope began saying he extends a heartfelt greeting to the dear faithful of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, who have come to the tomb of the Apostle Peter on the occasion of the Jubilee Year, and greeting, in particular, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč, the bishops, priests, consecrated men and women, and lay faithful.

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Treasures the Mysteries of Christ

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Treasures the Mysteries of Christ| National Catholic RegisterGRONDELSKI: Modern Mariology tends to emphasize Our Lady as the model disciple. That’s not a wholly novel thing, inasmuch as she described herself as “handmaid of the Lord,” something Catholics have long affirmed in the Angelus prayer. But it is a change of focus from Mary’s unique status to Mary as a model for us. That’s why it’s no coincidence that the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is immediately followed by the optional memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary...

How Do Clouds Get Their Shapes?

How do clouds get their shapes? | Popular Science: Take a look at the sky on any given day and you’ll likely see clouds of different shapes — some look like cotton balls, others are fine and feathery or tall and imposing. But what gives a cloud its distinct appearance? The answer lies in a mix of factors.

Real Men, Public Education, and Choice Words

(2) Friday Pillar Post - June 27 - by Ed. Condon - The PillarCONDON: The calendar is full of saints whom we remember and celebrate for their piety, wisdom, courage, clarity of thought, charisma, and unflinching devotion to the Gospel. We have devotions to exemplars of the Christian life, and particular patrons of all sorts of things — just look at the current popularity of Carlo Acutis, a teenager who saw the Eucharist for exactly what it was with such enviable clarity.

Bringing the Fire of the Sacred Heart Everywhere

Bringing the Fire of the Sacred Heart Everywhere| National Catholic RegisterLANDRY: On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we celebrate what Pope Benedict in 2008 called the “center of the faith.” That might seem a little overstated, if we erroneously understand devotion to the Sacred Heart as something that basically began with Jesus’ apparitions to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 350 years ago. Pope Benedict, however, understood it far more broadly: The Heart of Christ, he declared...

New Anti-Catholic Sex-Education Guidelines in Hamburg Are Fruit of German Synodal Way, Say Experts

New Anti-Catholic Sex-Education Guidelines in Hamburg Are Fruit of German Synodal Way, Say Experts| National Catholic RegisterPENTIN: Advocates of Catholic marriage and the family are hoping that Pope Leo XIV intervenes to help parents protect their children in the face of new sex-education guidelines being imposed in a major German diocese that promote the LGBT agenda, including transvestitism and non-binary identities. They say the new guidelines are further proof of the abandonment of Catholic moral teaching...

This Sunday, Sts. Peter and Paul Point to Pope Leo and You

This%20Sunday%2C%20Saints%20Peter%20and%20Paul%20Point%20to%20Pope%20Leo%20and%20You%20%u2013%20Benedictine%20College%20Media%20%26%20CultureHOOPES: Jesus in Sunday’s Gospel tells “Simon, son of Jonah” that “you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.” So, just like Robert Prevost became Leo, the first pope also got a new name with his new role. Jesus tells him, “I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” The Catechism says that this...

Mahmoud v. Taylor: Supreme Court Rules 6-3 in Favor of Parents in LGBT Curriculum

Supreme Court rules in favor of parents in LGBT curriculum dispute | Catholic News Agency: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a group of Maryland parents who had sued a school district over its refusal to allow families to opt their children out of LGBT-focused lessons. In a 6-3 decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, the court ruled on June 27 that the parents...

“Never Have I Seen a Case so Heartbreaking”: Canonical Case to Begin for Candy Crush Priest

(2) Canonical case to begin for Candy Crush priestFIGGE: A Philadelphia priest who pleaded guilty to using $40,000 of parish funds for cell phone video games is facing a canonical investigation for theft. But an expert in parish financial fraud said he hopes the case of Fr. Lawrence Kozak will end with a merciful response for archdiocesan officials.

Detroit Lions’ Sam LaPorta, Wife Callahan Blessed By Pope Leo XIV at Vatican

Lions' Sam LaPorta, Wife Callahan Blessed By Pope Leo XIV in Photo at Vatican: Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta revealed Tuesday that he and his wife Callahan were blessed by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican this week. LaPorta, who married Callahan on June 14, according to the New York Post's Andrew Battifarano, shared a photo of himself and his wife receiving the blessing on Instagram.

7 Catholic Devotions to Change Your Week — and Your Life

7%20Catholic%20Devotions%20to%20Change%20Your%20Week%20%u2014%20and%20Your%20Life%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterTOMMCDONALD: In Catholic tradition, each day of the week has some particular devotional subject. These entered popular piety over time with the rise of votive Masses in the early Church. Votive Masses, offered for a special intention rather than a fixed feast, eventually led to texts being assigned to different days of the week in order to commemorate certain mysteries and persons.

Pope Leo XIV Urges Law Enforcement to Target Drug Traffickers, Not Addicts

Pope Leo XIV urges law enforcement to target drug traffickers, not addicts | Catholic News Agency: Pope Leo XIV on Thursday called on governments and law enforcement agencies to focus their efforts on dismantling criminal organizations that profit from drug trafficking rather than punishing addicts. Speaking to anti-drug campaigners in a courtyard of the Apostolic Palace on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, the pope issued a sharp rebuke of drug policy that targets the poor while powerful traffickers go unpunished.

At General Audience, Pope Leo XIV Laments ‘Fatigue of Living’ Afflicting Modern Society

At%20general%20audience%2C%20Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20laments%20%u2018fatigue%20of%20living%u2019%20afflicting%20modern%20society%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday addressed what he called the “fatigue of living” as one of the ailments afflicting modern society, and he urged the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square to face reality with the grace of Jesus. “A very widespread ailment of our time is the fatigue of living: Reality seems to us to be too complex, burdensome, difficult to face,” the Pope said at his final Wednesday general audience...

How One American Parish Put the Catechism Online — and Caught the Vatican’s Eye

How%20One%20American%20Parish%20Put%20the%20Catechism%20Online%20%u2014%20and%20Caught%20the%20Vatican%u2019s%20Eye%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterTIMCLARK: Recently, the Vatican rolled out a major website redesign for the first time since its launch in the mid-1990s. One thing that caught my eye was that the link to the Catechism of the Catholic Church was moved to the site’s front page. I grinned and thought, “I remember when the Catechism wasn’t on the site at all!” For several years, whenever I searched for...

On Flannery O’Connor’s Centenary

On%20Flannery%20O%u2019Connor%u2019s%20CentenaryWEIGEL: How appropriate that Flannery O’Connor should have been born on the Solemnity of the Annunciation: the liturgical feast celebrating the willing acceptance of a God-given vocation. As we marked Miss O’Connor’s centenary three months ago — and yes, boys and girls, it was Miss O’Connor, as no one would have been more repelled by the neologism Ms. — that’s the dimension of her life that struck me most powerfully...

Edna May Is Dead

Edna%20May%20Is%20Dead%20%u2013%20Catholic%20Stand: Edna May? There was a time when people knew, whom many then considered to be, the globally-recognized No. 1 A-list entertainer celebrity in the world, Edna May Pettie. She was born in Syracuse, New York, 1878, and died in Switzerland in 1948. If anyone now reading these words knows her name, that would be truly amazing. The same can be said for many so-called stars and celebrities of the past...

Pope Leo XIV Urges Bishops to Embrace Poverty and ‘Chastity of Heart and Conduct,’ Calls for Firm Action on Abuse

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20calls%20bishops%20to%20be%20%u2018firm%20and%20decisive%u2019%20in%20dealing%20with%20abuse%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called bishops to be firm and decisive in dealing with scandal and sexual abuse, linking vigilance against abuse to living a chaste life. Speaking to over 400 bishops from 38 countries in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope also emphasized the importance of pastoral prudence, poverty, and synodality in the ministry of a bishop.

Sharks freeze when you turn them upside down — and scientists have found no good reason why

Sharks%20freeze%20when%20you%20turn%20them%20upside%20down%u2014and%20there%27s%20no%20good%20reason%20why: Imagine watching your favorite nature documentary. The predator lunges rapidly from its hiding place, jaws wide open, and the prey suddenly goes limp. It looks dead. For some animals, this freeze response, called "tonic immobility," can be a lifesaver. Possums famously "play dead" to avoid predators. So do rabbits, lizards, snakes, and even some insects.

Cardinal Zen Fires Shot Across Bow of Communist China With Traditional Latin Mass, Corpus Christi Procession Through Streets of Hong Kong

Cardinal%20Zen%u2019s%20Bold%20Latin%20Mass%20Statement%20Sends%20Multiple%20Messages%20to%20Hong%20Kong%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterMCDONALD: Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun knew exactly what he was doing when he posted online a photo of himself leading a Eucharistic procession after saying a traditional Latin Mass in Hong Kong, and he is sending multiple messages with it, a friend of his told the Register. Among the intended recipients are Catholics in the Diocese of Hong Kong and Pope Leo XIV, who has yet to signal his intentions with respect to the Latin Mass...

San Diego bishops and clergy showed up in immigration court — and made an impact

San%20Diego%20bishops%20and%20clergy%20showed%20up%20in%20immigration%20court%20%u2014%20and%20made%20an%20impact%20-%20OSV%20News: Amid the Trump administration’s crackdowns on unauthorized immigration — which have included daily arrest quotas — a clergy visit to immigration court in San Diego was a way to show “God is with us,” and “he never abandons us,” a San Diego priest told OSV News. Jesuit Father Scott Santarosa, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in San Diego...

Pope Leo and Libero Milone: Will anything change in the ‘other’ Vatican financial trial?

Pope%20Leo%20and%20Libero%20Milone%3A%20Will%20anything%20change%20in%20the%20%u2018other%u2019%20Vatican%20financial%20trial%3FCONDON: In one week, a Vatican City court will reconvene to consider the next phase of appeal in a lawsuit brought by the first and former Vatican auditor general against his controversial dismissal from office eight years ago. While less well known than the landmark financial crimes trial which resulted in the conviction of several former Vatican officials and advisers, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu...

Justice Department Sues Washington State Over Law Forcing Priests to Break Confession Seal

Justice Department sues Washington state over law forcing priests to break confession seal | Catholic News AgencyABUZEID: The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington over its recent law mandating that priests must violate the seal of confession if child abuse is learned about during the sacrament of reconciliation. The DOJ in a press release announcing the lawsuit filed on June 23 said the Washington law “violates the free exercise of religion for all Catholics.”

Church Leaders React to Deadly Attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus

Church leaders react to deadly attack on Mar Elias church in Damascus | Catholic News Agency: The death toll from the attack on Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in the Douailah district of Damascus has risen to 22, with 59 others injured, according to Syria’s Ministry of Health. The attack took place during a Sunday evening Divine Liturgy attended by nearly 400 faithful.

Amid ash and loss, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage brings hope to the streets once consumed by flames.

When the World Catches Fire: National Eucharistic Pilgrimage| National Catholic RegisterBRUNO: It Felt Like the Apocalypse. A glance at the western sky revealed a cloudless orange dome, the setting sun held hostage by a blood-red halo. Smoke from distant fires muted its rays and cast an eerie glow across the Jersey Shore’s seaside horizon. By day, what seemed like foggy, humid haze was actually an unbreathable atmosphere laden with smoke, forcing many residents to mask every breath. With no rain in sight, more than 17,000 acres of South Jersey's Pine Barrens had been laid waste...

The Gray Lady is puzzled about Amy Coney Barrett

(2) Crossroads -- Gray Lady is puzzled about Amy Coney BarrettMATTINGLY: When Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, it wasn’t all that surprising when her Notre Dame Law School colleagues offered high praise for her work. Earlier, when she was nominated to the 7th Circuit in Chicago, every single member of that faculty signed an endorsement letter stating, in part: “Amy is a role model for all of us, and will be a model of the fair, impartial, and sympathetic judge."

Really? Screen addictions matter, not screen time

(2) Really? Screen addictions matter, not screen timeMATTINGLY: For a decade or two, I have had a standard response on Twitter (now X) when conservatives celebrate something they see as a victory in the American public square. You know, we’re talking about things that let them jump on social media and say: “Man, we owned the libs on that one!” That’s when I type: “What does @NYTimes say?” Lots of folks respond with jabs like these...

The Catholic Who Told the Unitarian She Had Nothing to Offer

The Catholic Who Told the Unitarian She Had Nothing to Offer| National Catholic RegisterMILLS: It is not a book anyone would publish now. It’s an artifact from a bygone age. People don’t talk this way anymore: “Theologically, I’m afraid you have nothing to offer,” the Catholic wrote the Unitarian with whom she’d started exchanging letters on the differences between the two beliefs. Months later, after reading an official Unitarian booklet explaining the religion, she described Unitarianism as “like Diet-Rite cola: no calories, very little taste, and a throw-away bottle.”

Euthanasia Facility Quietly Opens at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver

Euthanasia%20facility%20quietly%20opens%20at%20St.%20Paul%u2019s%20Hospital%20in%20Vancouver%2C%20British%20Columbia%2C%20Canada%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: A government-ordered euthanasia facility, operated by the British Columbia, Canada, government’s Vancouver Coastal Health Authority on the downtown campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital, is now fully operational.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Concludes With Corpus Christi Mass in Los Angeles

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concludes with Corpus Christi Mass in LA | Catholic News Agency: The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage completed its 3,300-mile journey across the western United States on Sunday, having traversed 10 states, stopping in 20 dioceses and encountering thousands of enthusiastic parishioners.

Lead Early, Lead Well: Why Waiting to Change Hurts Parishes [Every New Pastor Should Listen to This]

New Advent: Lead Early, Lead Well: Why Waiting to Change Hurts Parishes and New PastorsLENCIONI: When a pastor steps into a new parish, the pressure to keep everyone happy can be overwhelming. Also, the temptation to delay leadership in order to avoid conflict is real, but it often makes things worse. This week on the Upstream podcast, I speak with Fr. Michael Andrade, a courageous and wise pastor who shares the honest truth about what it means to lead well from day one. He reminds us that prayer, clarity, and team-building are essential...

Do Not Underestimate the Gift of Prayer

Do Not Underestimate the Gift of Prayer | Knowing Is DoingTORRE: An interesting point is worth noting about the danger of placing complete trust in oneself and one's actions above the power and authority of God. The person who immerses himself in this type of mindset may tend to give preference to himself over the well-being of others. Even more, when this behavior is applied to the act of praying, any form of prayer will be viewed...

How to Meditate on the Fifth Luminous Mystery, the Institution of the Holy Eucharist

(2) The Luminous Mysteries: Institution of the EucharistTSAKANIKAS: In the Fourth Luminous Mystery, it was explained that Jesus revealed himself to be God’s ultimate Temple at the Transfiguration. God’s Temple was revealed to Peter, James, and John immediately following Jesus’ teaching that he must suffer and die to redeem and complete the “Israel of God” (cf. Gal 6:16; Mt 16:21). Where then is the entrance to Jesus as the temple? How do I enter and be filled with Christ’s life...

The New York Times Makes a Mess of Alasdair MacIntyre

%u2018The%20New%20York%20Times%u2019%20Makes%20a%20Mess%20of%20Alasdair%20MacIntyre%20-%20Word%20on%20FireKACZOR: Alex Traub’s recent New York Times obituary of Alasdair MacIntyre makes a mess of the author of After Virtue. Unlike other memorials, Traub gives so much attention to critics of MacIntyre that the reader isn’t given sufficient understanding of MacIntyre’s thought in its own right. Traub’s obit also spends disproportionate time highlighting Whose Justice? Which Rationality?, while ignoring more influential...

What Does the Bible Say About Fighting Discouragement?

What Does the Bible Say About Fighting Discouragement? - St. Paul CenterHARROLD: Discouragement is something we all face at different points in our lives. Whether it’s the evils in our world, the corruption in our Church, difficulties in our families, or simply our own human frailty—there’s plenty of things which can get us down. Amid these different struggles, Sacred Scripture offers us help and inspiration. With its stories of weary prophets, Psalms of lament, and continual human failing...

A Close Look at Iran Through the Lens of Catholic Just War Theory...

Opinion%3A%20The%20U.S.%20should%20stay%20out%20of%20Israel%u2019s%20war%20with%20Iran%20%u2013%20Catholic%20World%20ReportFESER: For a war to be just, it must be fought using only morally legitimate means. This includes a prohibition on intentionally targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. To be sure, just war theory allows that there can be cases where harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure can be permissible...

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Humanity Cries Out and Pleads for Peace’

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%3A%20%u2018Humanity%20cries%20out%20and%20pleads%20for%20peace%u2019%20-%20Vatican%20News: “Alarming news continues to arrive from the Middle East, especially from Iran,” said Pope Leo on Sunday at the Angelus address. The Holy Father’s words came just hours after US bombers struck nuclear sites in Iran, as Israel and Iran carry out strikes on each other’s territory. “In this dramatic scenario, which includes Israel and Palestine,” continued the Pope...

Pope Leo XIV to World Legislators: ‘St. Thomas More Offers Politicians Example of Martyr for Primacy of Conscience’

Pope%3A%20%u2018St.%20Thomas%20More%20offers%20politicians%20example%20of%20martyr%20for%20primacy%20of%20conscience%u2019%20-%20Vatican%20News: "The courage St. Thomas More showed by his readiness to sacrifice his life rather than betray the truth makes him, also for us today, a martyr for freedom and for the primacy of conscience." Pope Leo XIV made this observation about the 16th-century English saint and former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain when addressing members of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union in the context of the Jubilee for Governments taking place this weekend in the Vatican.

At Least There’s Something Honest About Tomahawks and Hanging: Embracing Killing from London to New York

At Least There Is Something Honest About Tomahawks and Hanging: Embracing Killing from London to New York | National ReviewLOPEZ: In less than the less than three hours it took me to get from Moynihan Train Hall to Albany, N.Y., this morning, the British House of Commons voted in favor of assisted suicide, rejecting all kinds of warnings that should have stopped them in their tracks if they cared anything about human life. So it was two hours ultimately for debate — not unlike the quick vote earlier in the week on abortion up to birth...

4 Ways Jesus Replicates Himself in Every Parish in the World

This%20Sunday%2C%20Four%20Ways%20Jesus%20Replicates%20Himself%20in%20Every%20Parish%20in%20the%20World%20%u2013%20Benedictine%20College%20Media%20%26%20CultureHOOPES: Sunday is Corpus Christi in the United States, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year C. It is a day to celebrate the Eucharist, which is uniquely the real presence of Jesus Christ. It only looks like bread: The host becomes the whole Christ — body, blood, soul and divinity. But the readings this Sunday show that the host itself is just one of the ways Jesus replicates himself before (and after) Mass...

ADHD doesn't stop me from seeing God’s love at Mass

ADHD doesn't stop me from seeing God's love at MassMILLS: The young couple a few rows in front of me at Mass one Sunday had a hurried, urgent conversation. The husband then tried to get by his wife in the pew, but couldn’t because she had a little girl in her lap, and she could neither move back nor lean forward. So the man put one hand on his wife’s shoulder and the other on the back of the pew, leapt up, pulling his knees to his chest, and swung through. He scuttled to the end of the row, where he grabbed a little boy I hadn’t noticed.

The 10 Tallest Mountains in the Contiguous United States

10 Tallest Mountains In The Contiguous United States - WorldAtlas: Alaska is home to the tallest mountains in the country, including Denali (Mount McKinley), which is in the top spot at over 20,310 feet. This is unfortunate for most of the nature-loving population, many of whom will never visit this far northern state.

What Did Dinosaurs Sound Like?

What did dinosaurs sound like?: We tend to associate dinosaurs with ground-shaking roars, but the latest research shows that this is probably mistaken. You'd feel it more than hear it – a deep, visceral throb, emerging from somewhere beyond the thick foliage. Like the rumble of a foghorn, it would thrum in your ribcage and bristle the hairs on your neck. In the dense forests of the Cretaceous period, it would have been terrifying.

Where to Look, Real Justice, and Quality Control

(2) Where to look, real justice, and quality controlCONDON: After four actual, literal, solid weeks of rain, it’s summer where I am. At last. It’s our daughter’s first proper summer, in the sense that she can now talk and make her wishes known and situate what is happening in the context of what she did yesterday and last week, and expects to do tomorrow, rather than living entirely in a rolling 5-minute window of awareness, like some kind of brown-eyed goldfish...

Pope Leo is giving signs of hope for a true synodality rooted in Christ

Pope Leo: Hope for an ecclesial synodality rooted in Christ | Catholic CultureMIRUS: As a great many people have observed, under Pope Francis, the concept of synodality morphed into a constant and universal input process, with apparently everybody welcome. That approach was excessively institutionalized and bureaucratized, remarkably costly, and largely a waste of time as it frequently replaced unified and effective Catholic action with special pleading for more “inclusive” redefinitions of Catholic teaching...

Message to Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Corporate Governance

Message%20of%20the%20Holy%20Father%20to%20participants%20in%20the%20Second%20Annual%20Conference%20on%20Artificial%20Intelligence%2C%20Ethics%2C%20and%20Corporate%20Governance%20%5BRome%2C%2019%u201320%20June%202025%5D%20%2817%20June%202025%29%20%7C%20LEO%20XIVCOATOFARMS: On the occasion of this Second Annual Rome Conference on Artificial Intelligence I extend my prayerful good wishes to those taking part. Your presence attests to the urgent need for serious reflection and ongoing discussion on the inherently ethical dimension of AI, as well as its responsible governance. In this regard, I am pleased that the second day of the Conference will take place in the Apostolic Palace...

Nagging Liturgy Dispute Ends in India’s Syro-Malabar Church as Rebelling Priests Concede on Mass Facing Altar

Nagging liturgy dispute ends in India's Eastern Church - UCA News: A lingering liturgical dispute in an Eastern Rite Church in India has been resolved, ending decades of controversies that brought the Church to the brink of schism and led to violent attacks and several court cases. “We have resolved our differences over liturgy,” said Father Kuriakose Mundadan, the presbytery council secretary of the troubled Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese based in Kerala state in southern India.

Wet fingers always wrinkle in the same way. Around 20 years ago, scientists figured out why...

Wet fingers always wrinkle in the same way: Summertime soaks in the pool often leave fingertips shriveled and pruney. Each time someone goes for a dip, their digits wrinkle in the exact same patterns, researchers report in the May Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. That’s because the folds follow the paths of blood vessels below the skin’s surface, which generally stay in place.

“Public” Does Not Equal “State” or “Government”

%u201CPublic%u201D%20does%20not%20%3D%20%u201Cstate%u201D%20or%20%u201Cgovernment%u201DWEIGEL: In its recent non-decision, St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School v. Drummond, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand an obtuse Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that excluded St. Isidore’s from the state charter school program. Notre Dame Law Professor Richard Garnett, in a fine article at Law & Liberty, explains why the Oklahoma Supremes got it wrong:

Pope Leo XIV Loves Baseball — Will He Be the One to Name This Man Its Patron Saint?

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20Loves%20Baseball%20%u2014%20Will%20He%20Name%20Its%20Patron%20Saint%3F%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterLIEDL: Baseball doesn’t have an official patron saint, a holy man or woman recognized by the Catholic Church as an especially potent intercessor for a particular place, group or activity. But Pope Leo XIV, a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan who, as Pope, has sported the South Side club’s trademark black-and-white ballcap and joined in a “White Sox” chant in St. Peter’s Square, may have a chance to take a swing at it.

North American Martyrs Honored 100 Years After Beatification

North American Martyrs Honored 100 Years After Beatification| National Catholic RegisterLANDRY: One of the main points of every Jubilee Year is to invite the Christian faithful to come to Rome to pray in the heart of the Church. Holy Year doors are opened at the four patriarchal Basilicas precisely for people to pass through them, symbolically leaving their old life on one side of the door as they enter into a new life with Christ and the Church on the other.

Pope Leo XIV Formally Recognizes Martyrdom of 50 French Priests, Seminarians and Laymen Killed by Nazis

Pope recognizes martyrdom of 50 Frenchmen killed by Nazis - OSV News: Pope Leo XIV formally recognized the martyrdom of 50 French priests, seminarians and laymen who died in Gestapo custody, Nazi concentration camps or because of their imprisonment during World War II. The men, most of whom were in their 20s when they died in 1944 and 1945, were arrested after going to Germany to minister to and support Frenchmen forced to go to Germany as part of the Compulsory Work Service.

In Epic Father’s Day Prank, 200 Dads Tricked Into Wearing Same Shirt to Mass

In%20Epic%20Father%u2019s%20Day%20Prank%2C%20200%20Dads%20Wear%20Same%20Shirt%20to%20Mass%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterFENTON: Imagine showing up to Mass on Sunday and seeing hundreds of men wearing the exact same shirt. This happened at St. Ann Catholic Parish in Coppell, Texas, after wives pranked their husbands on Father’s Day. It all started about a week and a half ago, when a small group of moms from the parish had the idea to have their husbands all wear the same polo for Mass on Father’s Day...

‘The Chosen’ Cast Headed to Vatican for Presentation, Audience With Pope Leo XIV

%u2018The%20Chosen%u2019%20cast%20headed%20to%20Vatican%20for%20presentation%2C%20audience%20with%20Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: On June 23, there will be an exclusive presentation at the Vatican of the fourth episode of the fifth season of “The Chosen,” the successful series based on the life of Jesus Christ and the apostles. According to the Holy See Press Office, next Monday at 11:30 a.m. local time in the Marconi Hall, the cast and producers of “The Chosen” will hold a press conference to discuss the innovative and impactful series.

Pope Leo XIV Appoints Bishop Shane Mackinlay as New Archbishop of Brisbane in Australia

Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Shane Mackinlay as new archbishop of Brisbane in Australia | Catholic News AgencyWIMMER: Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Shane Mackinlay — an influential voice in the Synod on Synodality — as the next archbishop of Brisbane, Australia. The 60-year-old prelate succeeds Archbishop Mark Coleridge, who is retiring after 13 years of episcopal leadership. Mackinlay will be installed at St. Stephen’s Cathedral on Sept. 11...

Caravaggio’s ‘The Entombment of Christ’ is drawing crowds in Japan

%u2018The%20Entombment%20of%20Christ%u2019%20draws%20crowds%20in%20Japan%20-%20UCA%20News: Visitors clutching fans and umbrellas waited patiently in long lines recently outside the Italian Pavilion at the Expo 2025 on a scorching afternoon on Yumeshima Island in Japan. Inside, a rare sight awaited them: “The Entombment of Christ” by Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio, popularly known as Caravaggio. The painting went on display in Japan for the first time.

These scientists got an FAA waiver to fly drones in tornadoes. Watch the amazing results...

New Advent: These scientists got an FAA waiver to fly drones in tornadoes. Watch the amazing results...: On May 18, 2025, the OTUS project used specially designed drones to collect scientific data inside of a tornado near Arnett, Oklahoma. This was our second drone intercept of the day...

Sowing or reaping? There is no third option...

Sowing or reaping? There is no third option. | Catholic CultureMIRUS: Each time we read through the Bible, different passages claim our attention. There are probably a well-coordinated set of reasons for this, beginning with the shortness of the human attention span, and ending with the interior grace of the Holy Spirit as we read. I hope I am not entirely alone in my ability to say prayers or even read Scripture while thinking about something else. But if we keep at it, new insights do come to mind. Thus it was yesterday when I began reading the Book of Amos...

John Colet Is a Priest for Our Times. Here’s Why...

A Priest for Our Times - The Catholic ThingMAIER: I’m a sucker for history because it’s a great teacher. And I talk a lot about the Reformation because, while our world today and the world of the Reformation era are very different, they also share some striking similarities: political and social turmoil; big changes in technology that reshape how we learn, think, communicate, work, and believe; and a pattern of ambiguity and battles within the Church. Names from the Reformation era like Thomas More, John Fisher, and Erasmus are widely known...

An Important Survey on Catholics in the United States

An Important Survey On Catholics In The USA - Catholic Missionary Disciples - College Station, TXLEJEUNE: Pew Research Center has issued a new report which aggregates data they have collected over the last few years on Catholics in the USA. The date within the report is insightful for those of us who are watching trends in the Catholic Church as well as in the wider culture. While I recommend a close reading of the entire report, I want to highlight some of the things that I find most interesting and add my own comments.

In Landmark 6-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Deals Major Setback to Transgender Movement in Tennessee Case

Supreme Court rules on Tennessee's transgender treatment ban for minors | Fox News: The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Tennessee law banning transgender medical procedures for adolescents in the state is not discriminatory, ruling 6-3 to uphold the law. At issue in the case, United States v. Skrmetti, was whether Tennessee's Senate Bill 1, which "prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow 'a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex' or to treat 'purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity,'" violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

What if you funneled Niagara Falls through a straw?

New Advent: What if you funneled Niagara Falls through a straw?: This question comes to xkcd from David, who asks: What would happen if one tried to funnel Niagara Falls through a straw?

Can Pope Leo Afford to Wait on ‘Traditionis Custodes’?

Can%20Pope%20Leo%20afford%20to%20wait%20on%20%u2018Traditionis%20custodes%u2019%3FCONDON: The new norms, which include the restriction of the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass to four designated regional sites and a personal parish, as well as prohibiting the celebration of Mass ad orientem in the ordinary form, are to implement fully the provisions of Pope Francis’ 2021 motu proprio Traditionis custodes. The Detroit norms follow similar measures which were announced in the Diocese of Charlotte earlier this month, but subsequently delayed until October by Bishop Michael Martin.

Pope Leo XIV to Resume Papal Summer Vacation Tradition in Lakeside Town of Castel Gandolfo

Castel Gandolfo: Pope Leo XIV to resume papal summer vacation tradition in lakeside town | Catholic News Agency: The town of Castel Gandolfo has said Pope Leo XIV will again partake in the centuries-long tradition of spending a summer vacation at the lakeside papal residence in the Alban Hills south of Rome. A spokeswoman for the small town, Giulia Agostinelli, told CNA on Tuesday morning Leo will arrive sometime during the first week of July. The Vatican confirmed shortly afterward that the pope will spend July 6–20 and Aug. 15–17 in the pontifical villas at Castel Gandolfo.

‘Starry Night’ and Van Gogh’s Haunting of Faith

%u2018Starry%20Night%u2019%20and%20Van%20Gogh%u2019s%20Haunting%20of%20Faith%20-%20Word%20on%20Fire: In one of his most Chestertonian remarks, Chesterton wrote: “Now, there is a law written in the darkest of the Books of Life, and it is this: If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in frightful danger of seeing it for the first time.” Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” is perhaps the most reproduced work of art there is...

The under-the-radar growth of Catholic commitment

The under-the-radar growth of Catholic commitment | Catholic CultureLAWLER: “It’s happening again this year. It happens every year.” That’s how I opened a post that appeared in this space two years ago. Sure enough, it’s happening this year too. It begins right after Ash Wednesday, when we begin to notice some new faces in the congregation at the little chapel where we attend the early-morning Mass on weekdays. Many of the same faces show up throughout Lent, and when Easter arrives, more than a few continue to come to daily Mass. So bit by bit, the congregation grows.

What Does the Bible Say About Hope in Hard Times?

What Does the Bible Say About Hope in Hard Times? - St. Paul CenterHARROLD: Sacred Scripture is filled with wisdom and consolation for people going through hard times. Without downplaying the difficulties of life, the Bible offers a resounding message of hope with its “Good News” about a God who enters into our suffering and transforms it from within. Even in our darkest moments, the Scriptures assure us that our present sufferings are only a passing thing, and that God is always close to us.

Dads Matter: Study Proves What Common Sense Already Knew

Importance of Fatherhood in Virginia: How Dads Foster Flourishing KidsDEAVEL: One possible reaction to Good Fathers, Flourishing Kids: The Importance of Fatherhood in Virginia, the brand-new study put together by a diverse group of scholars for the National Marriage Project and the National Center for Black Family Life, might be to ask: “Do we really need a study to tell us dads are important?” It would be wonderful if studies showing obvious truths were unneeded...

Spotlight on Catholics: Nearly Half of US Adults Maintain a Connection to the Faith

Spotlight On Catholics: Nearly Half Of US Adults Maintain A Connection To The FaithLISI: Despite declining religious observance across many corners of American life, Catholicism remains a deeply rooted part of the national fabric. Nearly half of all U.S. adults — 47% — maintain some connection to the Catholic faith, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. The 94-page report, featuring 1,787 self-identified American Catholics, revealed a complex and diverse picture of Catholic identity in the United States.

AP-NORC poll: What Americans think about Pope Leo XIV

AP-NORC poll: What Americans think about Pope Leo XIV | AP News: Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll shows that American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader.

Exploring the cosmos fills us with wonder, Pope tells Vatican Observatory gathering

Exploring the cosmos fills us with wonder, Pope tells scientists - Vatican News: Long after the human authors of Sacred Scripture pondered the moment of creation with “their poetic and religious imagination,” Pope Leo XIV said on Monday, modern scientists continue to explore the universe with new tools, including the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), whose images “fill us with wonder, and indeed a mysterious joy,” as we contemplate the “sublime beauty” of the stars.

Mary Is Our Mother — and Our Little Sister, ‘Younger Than Sin’

Mary%20Is%20Our%20Mother%20%u2014%20and%20Our%20Little%20Sister%2C%20%u2018Younger%20Than%20Sin%u2019%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterREGISMARTIN: If asked to identify a principle central to the practice of the Christian faith, where would you begin? Is there something out there that leaps right off the page, a statement of belief, of behavior, without which Christianity becomes, at best, indistinguishable from the usual bromides of secular uplift? What about the principle of strength made perfect through weakness...

Church Marks 350th Anniversary of St. Margaret Mary’s Great Apparition of the Sacred Heart

Today Is the 350th Anniversary of the Great Apparition of the Sacred Heart| National Catholic RegisterLANDRY: Those devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus have been looking forward to this June 16 for a long time. That’s because it is the 350th anniversary of the most significant of Jesus’ apparitions to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, in which he revealed to her the mysteries of his heart and requested the inauguration of what would become the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Pope Leo XIV Encourages Young People to Be ‘Beacons of Hope’ at Chicago Event

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20Encourages%20Young%20People%20to%20Be%20%u2018Beacons%20of%20Hope%u2019%20at%20Chicago%20Event%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterLIEDL: Pope Leo XIV delivered a video message June 14 to thousands of Catholics gathered in his hometown of Chicago, making a special appeal to young people to be “beacons” of Christ’s hope for others. “You are the promise of hope for so many of us,” the pope told young people attending the “Chicago Celebrates Pope Leo XIV” event at Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team.

Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Gravest Form of Poverty Is Not to Know God’

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%3A%20%u2018The%20gravest%20form%20of%20poverty%20is%20not%20to%20know%20God%u2019%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: Pope Leo XIV stated that “the gravest poverty is not to know God” and that having him accompany us on the journey of life puts material wealth into perspective, because “we discover the real treasure that we need.” “Wealth often disappoints and can lead to tragic situations of poverty — above all the poverty born of the failure to recognize our need for God

How the Vatican’s Embassies Work

New%20Advent%3A%20How%20the%20Vatican%u2019s%20Embassies%20Work: From Wendover Productions...

This Sunday, the Trinity Reveals the Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything

This%20Sunday%2C%20the%20Trinity%20Reveals%20the%20Meaning%20of%20Life%2C%20the%20Universe%20and%20Everything%20%u2013%20Benedictine%20College%20Media%20%26%20CultureHOOPES: This Sunday, Trinity Sunday (Year C), is an opportunity, after the long slog of Lent and Easter, to arrive at last back at the familiar territory of Ordinary Time and remember who we are by marveling at who God is and what he has made for us. Here are five takeaways from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary Story podcast.

4 Reasons We Need the Eastern Churches, In Pope Leo XIV’s Own Words

Why%20We%20Need%20the%20Eastern%20Churches%2C%20In%20Pope%20Leo%20XIV%u2019s%20Own%20WordsSTAUDT: “The Church needs you.” In the first week of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV spoke these words to members of the Eastern Catholic Churches gathered in Rome to celebrate the Jubilee. On June 2nd, he also honored an Eastern Catholic martyr, Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Greek-Catholic Bishop of Cluj-Gherla. These providential encounters with the Christian East remind us of John Paul II’s insistent cry in Ut Unum Sint...

Trio of Priests: Maryland Family to Welcome Third Ordination

Trio of Priests: Maryland Family to Welcome Third Ordination| National Catholic RegisterSCHNEIBLE: Eric and Grace Morrison have never pressured their seven children to pursue the priesthood or religious life. Their son Danny, who is a transitional deacon in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., jokingly describes his vocation story as “boring.” There was “no big turnaround moment of conversion, but just this slow call of the Lord throughout my early life,” he told the Register.

You Guys, Cat and Mouse, and Dressing for Mass

(2) You guys, cat and mouse, and dressing for MassCONDON: Before we get started on the news, I just wanted to say a quick something about yesterday’s feast of Christ the Eternal High Priest. For various reasons, a good portion of my closest friends are priests, and for various other reasons, I spend a good portion of my professional life talking to priests, here in my home diocese and around the country and the world. I know and love men serving God’s people the best they can...

Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati to Be Canonized Together on Sept. 7, Vatican Announces

BREAKING: Carlo Acutis to be canonized Sept. 7 with Pier Giorgio Frassati | Catholic News Agency: The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized together on Sept. 7. The date was set during the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, held June 13 at the Apostolic Palace...

Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system and the Oort Cloud that surrounds it

Astronomy show accidentally reveals unseen structure in our solar system | CNN: An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance 1,000 times greater than the orbit of Neptune, is widely thought to be spherical — although it has never been directly observed...

The Lessons of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea

The%20Lessons%20of%20the%20First%20Ecumenical%20Council%20of%20Nicea%20%u2013%20Catholic%20World%20ReportDEAVEL: Looking back at the history itself is useful. It can be tempting to look back through rose-colored glasses on the “early, undivided Church” and imagine that things were perfect. Yet the reality is quite different. The Church of the first three centuries was a body often persecuted by the Roman government. This persecution was sporadic, and scholars debate the details and severity of the various instances...

Zoom into a Young Star Cluster in a Galaxy 200,000 Light-Years From Earth

New Advent: Zoom into a Young Star Cluster in a Galaxy 200,000 Light-Years From Earth: This new Webb image of NGC 602 includes data from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) and MIRI (Mid-InfraRed Instrument)...

Pope Leo, Indian Bishops Mourn Crash of London-Bound Air India Flight That Killed More Than 240

Pope, Indian bishops mourn crash of airliner that killed hundreds | Catholic News Agency: Pope Leo XIV on June 12 joined the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) in expressing condolences and prayers following the crash of the Air India Boeing Dreamliner to London that killed nearly 250 passengers shortly after takeoff at Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of western Gujarat state.

Modern Martyrs of Poland, Pray for Us

Modern Martyrs of Poland, Pray for Us| National Catholic RegisterGRONDELSKI: Two reasons Pope St. John Paul II accelerated the canonization process were to highlight two truths: that sanctity is “always in season” and not just something from times long ago, and that there are martyrs for the faith today, not just in the Colosseum and Roman Empire. The choice to live according to God’s will — or not — is one in every time and season.

Pope Leo XIV Gives First Indication of How He Might Change ‘Synodality’

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20gives%20first%20indication%20of%20how%20he%20might%20change%20%u2018Synodality%u2019%20%7C%20CruxCOLLINS: He has only been in office for a month, but every word and action of Pope Leo XIV has been analyzed extensively by the media trying to determine the mentality of the new pontiff, elected on May 8, just a few weeks after Pope Francis died on April 21. Most of what Leo has done was already prepared for his predecessor, including the men he has appointed bishops...

When It Comes to Comparisons With Father Rupnik, Think Cosby, not Caravaggio

When It Comes to Comparisons With Father Rupnik, Think Cosby, not Caravaggio| National Catholic RegisterDESOUZA: In June 2024, the head of the Vatican communications department, Paolo Ruffini, vigorously defended his office’s continued use of the artwork of Father Marko Rupnik on the Vatican website. He argued that it was premature to judge Father Rupnik’s guilt regarding the many charges of sexual abuse of consecrated women he faces, and that “removing, deleting, destroying art ... is not a Christian response.”

What Dorothy Day and G.K. Chesterton Teach Us About Gratitude

What Dorothy Day and G.K. Chesterton Teach Us About Gratitude| National Catholic RegisterMILLS: Her world ended in the 10 days she was in the hospital with her newborn daughter, Tamar, Dorothy Day wrote a little dramatically many years later. “If I had written the greatest book, composed the greatest symphony, painted the most beautiful painting or carved the most exquisite figure, I could not have felt more the exalted creator than I did when they placed my child in my arms,” she wrote in the preface to her book Therese, a biography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

Yes, It’s Our War, Too

Yes%2C%20It%u2019s%20Our%20War%2C%20Too%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterWEIGEL: In late May, Trump administration officials at the highest level, frustrated by what they regard as Vladimir Putin’s incomprehensible obstreperousness over his war on Ukraine, suggested that their patience was running out, after which the United States — which has not approved further military supplies for Ukraine in months — would leave the combatants to their own devices. “It’s not our war,” was the mantra of the day...

How You Can Build a Culture of Prayer in Your Family

(2) Building a Family Culture of Prayer: Years ago, when I was a fresh convert studying for my Master’s degree at Franciscan University, it was also striking to see many large families at Mass. But there was one family prayer ritual that always stuck out - the Hahn Huddle. It was Scott Hahn and his family huddling up after Mass in prayer. I recently asked Scott what prayers their family said together...

6 Uncomfortable Facts About Divorce

6 Uncomfortable Facts About Divorce | Catholic Answers MagazineMILLER: Catholics are against divorce in theory, but not in practice. That sad truth has led to countless Catholic marriages and families shattered, causing a ripple effect of destruction through generations. Perhaps we find ourselves in this unhappy reality because we have not heard the following six things from the pulpit or the Catholic community for many long decades. Do you know these truths?

Is It Time to Smash Your TV?

Is%20It%20Time%20to%20%u201CSmash%20Your%20TV%3F%u201D%20-%20The%20Catholic%20ThingCONLEY: Professor John Senior, my godfather and one of the professors of the famed Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas, was a master of hyperbole. He once hinted to us, his students, that we should just go home and smash our television sets. Perhaps he didn’t mean this literally, but he suggested that this was something we should consider. I know of at least one fellow student who took him at his word and dropped his 19-inch Motorola black and white television set out of the window of his fourth-floor dorm room onto the concrete alley below.

Doing Dishes and Great Music

Doing Dishes and Great Music - LifeCraftCUDDEBACK: For many of us it is hard to find time to listen to great music. Even though convinced it would be good for us, we struggle to fit it in. Perhaps we can combine two good things: doing dishes and great music. In any case, both are worth making time for. This is a suggestion for everyone, but especially directed to dads...

Pope Leo XIV’s Wednesday Audience: ‘There Is No Cry That God Does Not Hear’

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%3A%20%u2018There%20is%20no%20cry%20that%20God%20does%20not%20hear%u2019%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: Pope Leo XIV reflected on Christian hope — one of the three theological virtues, along with faith and charity — during his general audience on Wednesday. “There is no cry that God does not hear, even when we are unaware that we are addressing him,” the pope said, illustrating this idea with the story of Bartimaeus, described in the Gospel of Mark as a blind beggar who encountered Jesus as He was leaving Jericho.

Mapping the Surprising Geographic History of the Film Industry

New Advent: Mapping the Surprising Geographic History of the Film Industry: This video maps out the surprising geographic history of the film industry—from Fort Lee, New Jersey to Hollywood, California, and finally to Georgia. Using historical maps, movie studio archives, and tax incentive data, I explore how movie production migrated across the United States...

More Young Americans Turning Toward Catholicism: Report

New Advent: More Young Americans Turning Toward Catholicism: Report: The hostess of 'The Isabel Brown Show' Isabel Brown discusses the shift towards Catholicism among young Americans.

Gases for Life, Bishop Healy, and Why I Need the Law

(2) Gases for Life, Bishop Healy, and why I need the lawJDFLYNN: One hundred and seventy one years ago today — on June 10, 1854 — an American man named James Healy was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France. Healy was born on a cotton plantation in central Georgia; his father was an Irishman who’d become a wealthy planter in the rich Georgia soil. Healy was educated in Quaker schools in New York and New Jersey, he was apprenticed to a surveyor, before a bishop friend of his father’s saw to it that James was educated at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts.

Pluscarden Abbey’s Hard-Fought Return to the Church

Pluscarden%20Abbey%u2019s%20hard-fought%20return%20to%20the%20Church%20-%20Catholic%20Herald: It is hard to know which is more wonderful: the fact that Pluscarden Abbey survives at all, or the fact that the way of life of its community today is almost exactly as it was when Pluscarden was established in the 13th century. Either way, anyone fortunate enough to attend its daily offices soon finds themselves reflecting that if one of the brethren present at its foundation were to wake from his tomb and find himself once more in choir...

Glorious Processions: A Reflection on the Upcoming Trinity Sunday

Glorious Processions: Scott Hahn Reflects on Trinity Sunday - St. Paul CenterHAHN: In today’s Liturgy we’re swept through time in glorious procession, from before earth and sky were set in place to the coming of the Spirit upon the new creation, the Church. We begin in the heart of the Trinity, as we listen to the testimony of Wisdom in today’s First Reading. Eternally begotten, the firstborn of God, He is poured forth from of old in the loving delight of the Father. Through Him, the heavens were established, the foundations of the earth fixed...

Seek the Face of ... St. Thomas Aquinas?

Seek the Face of . . . Thomas? | DominicanaHILLMAN: In February 2025, scientists released a digital reconstruction of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s face based on his relics. Dominican friars shared what it meant to them to glimpse their beloved brother, but they are not the first to be moved by his impressive appearance. In fact, the appearance of St. Thomas was nothing less than arresting...

Is There Movement (Finally) on Marko Rupnik?

Movement (Finally) on the Most Notorious Sex-Abuser? - The Catholic ThingGRONDELSKI: Yesterday was the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, a relatively new feast for a very old theological reality. Until last Saturday, the Vatican News website was still featuring the work of Marko Rupnik, the notorious abuser of nearly thirty religious women, who still somehow functions as a priest, seemingly protected by someone high up in Rome...

The Three V’s of Church Architecture: Vision, Verticality and Volume

The%20Three%20V%u2019s%20of%20Church%20Architecture%3A%20Vision%2C%20Verticality%20and%20Volume%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterLONGENECKER: Happily, across America (especially in the South) an increasing number of new Catholic churches, cathedrals and chapels are being built to more traditional designs that aim to inspire through beauty. Whenever I happen to meet our seminarians, I always make it a point to stress the importance of sacred art and architecture, because these are the men who will go into parishes and be charged with building new churches and chapels and renovating and restoring old ones...

In Apparent Gesture to Pope Leo, Nicaragua Allows Diaconal Ordinations

In apparent gesture to Pope Leo, Nicaragua allows diaconal ordinations: Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes was permitted to ordain eight transitional deacons in Managua on June 7, in an apparent gesture of goodwill by the Nicaraguan regime following the election of Pope Leo XIV. The government had largely suspended ordinations in Nicaragua since the summer of 2024. While the Archdiocese of Managua used to ordain priests twice a year, this is the first group of ordinations in 2025, and it is solely composed of transitional deacons.

Pope Leo XIV Honors Secret Cardinal Who Risked All to Save Jews During the Holocaust

Pope Leo Honors Secret Cardinal Who Risked All to Save Jews During the Holocaust| National Catholic RegisterDESOUZA: Blessed Iuliu Hossu, persecuted by the communist regime in Romania, was created a cardinal secretly — in pectore — by Pope St. Paul VI in 1969. He died in 1970, and his cardinalatial status was made public in 1973. This week, Pope Leo XIV honored Hossu at a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel, with a delegation from the Romanian Greek Catholic Church present, as well as representatives from the Romanian Jewish community...

In Sharp Policy U-Turn, Vatican News Removes Father Marko Rupnik Art From Website

Vatican News removes Father Marko Ivan Rupnik art from website | Catholic News Agency: The Vatican on Monday removed artwork by former Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik from its official websites. Digital images of the Slovenian priest’s sacred art, which were frequently used by Vatican News to illustrate articles of the Church’s liturgical feast days, are no longer found on the digital news service.

AI Reveals Dead Sea Scrolls May Be Older Than Previously Thought

AI Reveals Dead Sea Scrolls May Be Older Than Previously Thought | Discover Magazine: Before now, one of the few ways to date the Dead Sea Scrolls was through palaeography (the study of handwriting) and radiocarbon dating. These methods place the age of the scrolls somewhere between the 3rd century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. But a new AI date-prediction model may provide a more accurate date for the famous Dead Sea Scrolls. After using this new model, called Enoch, researchers have...

Breakthrough Is One Prayer Away: A Message for Pentecost

New Advent: Breakthrough Is One Prayer Away: A Message for PentecostSTEFANICK: Pentecost wasn’t a slow spiritual awakening. It was a detonation. The Church didn’t tiptoe onto the scene — it burst into the world with power, clarity, and joy. And that same Spirit that flipped the lives of the Apostles upside down... still moves today. In this episode, we delve into what really happened on Pentecost and why it matters more than ever. If you’ve been stuck in fear, burnout, or just wondering where God is, this is for you...

The Holy Spirit Singles Out Each of Us to Gather Us Together at Pentecost

This%20Sunday%2C%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20Singles%20Each%20of%20Us%20Out%20to%20Gather%20Us%20Together%20at%20Pentecost%20%u2013%20Benedictine%20College%20Media%20%26%20CultureHOOPES: On Pentecost Sunday Year C, we are faced with two realities. One is mysterious and otherworldly, and the other one is matter-of-fact. As it turns out, though, they are one thing: The coming of the Holy Spirit teaches us that God is real and is poised at the ready to invade our life — but it also teaches us that our everyday life is filled with divine importance. Here are five takeaways from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary Story podcast.

The Hidden Science and Engineering of Modern Gas Stations

New Advent: The Hidden Science and Engineering of Modern Gas Stations: Have you ever wondered how gas stations evolved from curbside fire hazards to the highly engineered, efficient systems we use today? In this video, we break down the hidden engineering behind every part of a gas station: from underground fiberglass storage tanks to the venturi-effect mechanism inside your fuel nozzle.

Pope Leo XIV on Pentecost: ‘The Holy Spirit Shatters Our Inner Chains and Transforms Us’

Pope on Pentecost: The Spirit shatters our inner chains and transforms us - Vatican News: During the Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV recalls how the Holy Spirit accomplished 'something extraordinary' in the lives of the Apostles, and suggests that today, the Holy Spirit likewise descends upon us, ready to shatter our inner chains, fears, and hardened hearts, to make us new.

Pope Leo XIV: ‘What Unites Christians Is Far Greater Than What Divides’

Pope Leo XIV: What unites Christians is far greater than what divides - Vatican News: Pope Leo XIV meets with participants in the Symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity," and highlights the many aspects that unite Christians, as the Church celebrates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.

Australia’s Archbishop Fisher: ‘Second Spring’ of Faith Blooming Against a ‘Fragmented World’

Australia%u2019s%20Archbishop%20Fisher%3A%20%u2018second%20spring%u2019%20of%20faith%20blooming%20against%20a%20%u2018fragmented%20world%u2019%20-%20Catholic%20Herald: Archbishop Anthony Fisher of the Archdiocese of Sydney has spoken about how a revival of the Catholic Faith is spreading across Australia and beyond. The Archdiocese of Sydney welcomed a record 384 catechumens and candidates during this year’s Easter period, marking a 30 per cent increase from the previous year. The archdiocese has also ordained a bishop, along with two deacons and a priest in the space of one month...

Jordan Peterson Is Sinking Into Crisis by Denying His Faith

Jordan Peterson is sinking into crisis by denying his faith - Catholic Herald: Jordan Peterson’s recent appearance on Jubilee Media’s 1 Christian vs. 20 Atheists (a title that has since been changed for reasons that will become obvious shortly) was not just another clickbait clash of ideologies. It was an unraveling of sorts, one that must be viewed not in isolation, but through the broader arc of a man who once radiated conviction and clarity – and now flickers with something closer to confusion.

How Catholicism Got Cool: Why Young Americans and People Around the World Are Flocking to the Catholic Church...

How Catholicism Got Cool - by Madeleine Kearns: The candlelit church in Greenwich Village was packed. After months of study and preparation, 19 adults sat at the front, dressed in white, nervously awaiting their turn at the baptismal font. One by one, they stepped forward. After anointing them with chrism (holy oil), the priest poured water over their heads, baptizing them into the Catholic Church in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Bring It On: Let All That is Hidden Come to Light

Bring It On: Let All That is Hidden Come to Light - The Catholic ThingESOLEN: Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte has made news with his order, if I may be permitted a metaphor, that the Vetus Ordo be celebrated only in a certain broom closet in Swannanoa. It seems also that he was about to ban some of the features of the TLM that tradition-minded people who attend the Novus Ordo favor, such as kneeling to receive the Sacrament, or facing the Risen Christ as we pray ad orientem...

What’s More Powerful — Lasers or Lightning?

New%20Advent%3A%20What%u2019s%20More%20Powerful%20%u2014%20Lasers%20or%20Lightning%3F: You love to see that kind of ending for the whole “vs“ trilogy...

3 Stigmatists Who Became Miracle Factories

3 Stigmatists Who Became Miracle Factories | Catholic Answers MagazineCLARK: When posthumous biographies are written about kings, movie stars, and great military leaders, the final chapters inevitably discuss how and when these persons died. But in the case of saints, to do this would fail to tell the whole story. Though the soul departed from the body, the saint may still have work to do on earth from the vantage point of eternal life.

Does God Command Child Abuse When He Tells Abraham to Sacrifice Isaac?

The%20Deeper%20Meaning%20of%20Christ%u2019s%20Ascension%20-%20St.%20Paul%20CenterHARROLD: One of the most famous and dramatic scenes in the entire Bible comes in Genesis 22 when God tells Abraham to take his son Isaac and sacrifice him in the land of Moriah. For Christians and non-Christians alike, the passage can feel challenging and perplexing. How could an all-loving God command a father to kill his innocent son? And what’s to stop God doing the same thing again in the future? To answer these questions, we need to look more carefully at what’s going on in the biblical text.

The ‘Norm Effect’: Why George Wendt’s ‘Cheers’ Character Still Resonates in a Lonely World

The%20%u2018Norm%20Effect%u2019%3A%20Why%20George%20Wendt%u2019s%20%u2018Cheers%u2019%20Character%20Still%20Resonates%20in%20a%20Lonely%20World%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterDESOUZA: While in university, I would drink every Thursday night with Norm Peterson. Millions of people did, the Cheers character whose name everybody did know. When George Wendt, the actor who played Norm, died recently, people of a certain generation remembered a comfortable, if not inspiring, presence. Norm had a job he didn’t like (accounting) and a wife he avoided (Vera), but he did have friends in a neighborhood pub (Cheers) in Boston where everybody did know his name.

Here are 4 major ways that Pope Leo’s election affects Catholics in the U.S.

How%20Pope%20Leo%u2019s%20Election%20Affects%20US%20Catholics%20in%204%20Major%20Ways%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterLANDRY: The biggest cheer that rises from St. Peter’s Square after the white smoke emanates from the makeshift chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel comes after the cardinal protodeacon announces, “Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus papam” (“I announce to you the great joy: We have a pope”). Before anyone in the square knows the identity of the new pontiff, Catholics across the globe...

‘The Monstrance Is a Monstrosity!’ National Eucharistic Pilgrims Hounded by Texas-Based Protestant Protesters Across Country

%282%29%20%u2018The%20monstrance%20is%20a%20monstrosity%21%u2019%20-%20NEC%20pilgrims%20face%20protestors: Young Catholics walking across the United States as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, faced protestors in Dallas Wednesday night, with pilgrimage organizers saying they expect to see protests continue as the group makes its way to Los Angeles.

A Papal Plea, a Legal Legacy, and Men With Mustaches

(2) A papal plea, a legal legacy, and men with mustachesCONDON: Happy Friday, friends. We’ve had the usually busy week in the newsroom, and there’s plenty to get through. But before we get down to business, I was charmed this week by the picture of Pope Leo signing a baseball, as were a lot of you. I know because a lot of you told me so. And it is a great image, for a couple of reasons. At a basic emotional level, it’s just fun to see a pope doing something so fundamentally American...

Conclave 2025 was short. Is that a cause for concern?

Conclave Haste? - The Catholic ThingDESOUZA: Conclave 2025 was not, by historical standards, exceptionally short. But it was short. It was the third straight Conclave to conclude on its first full day. Is that a cause for concern? No one really knows except those who were in the Sistine Chapel. They are sworn to secrecy. Only Pope Leo XIV is completely free to ask them about their experience, and only the Holy Father can make any necessary modifications...

It's the Feast of St. Boniface — Have a Beer!

It's the Feast of St. Boniface, Have a Beer! ~ The Imaginative ConservativeBIRZER: One of the most surprising things of my adult life has been to meet Christians who don’t drink alcohol. Such a position, frankly, boggles my mind. Indeed, “boggling” might be inaccurate, as I’m not even sure my mind can get to the stage of being boggled about this topic. It’s just so remote from my understanding of the world, such a view just bounces right off of my mind.

Pope Leo Meets With Members of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors; ‘Universal Guidelines’ to Be Completed Later This Year

Commission tells pope universal safeguarding guidelines almost ready - OSV News: The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors hopes to deliver a “Universal Guidelines Framework for Safeguarding” to Pope Leo XIV later this year, the commission said. The guidelines “seek to inspire a true conversion of heart in every leader and pastoral agent in the church, ensuring that safeguarding becomes not merely a requirement, but a reflection of the Gospel’s call to protect the least among us,” the commission said in a press release...

Pope Leo XIV, Mathematician: Math-Minded Catholics Claim Pope as One of Their Own

Pope Leo, Mathematician: Math-Minded Catholics Claim Pope as One of Their Own| National Catholic RegisterMATTMCDONALD: “The first American pope” is not the first thing that occurred to mathematician Martin Nowak when the former Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square last month. Instead, he fixed on the Pope’s new name. “Leo” has three letters. And his regnal number — XIV, or 14 — comes after that. Put them together and what do you get?

Pope Leo XIV Faces an Early Challenge: How to Deal With Pope Francis’ Restrictions on the Latin Mass

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20Faces%20an%20Early%20Challenge%3A%20How%20to%20Deal%20With%20Pope%20Francis%u2019%20Restrictions%20on%20the%20Latin%20Mass%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterPENTIN: A significant early challenge for Pope Leo XIV will be how he chooses to handle the restrictions that Pope Francis placed on the traditional Latin Mass (TLM). Since Pope Francis issued his apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes (Guardians of Tradition) in July 2021, the freedom to celebrate the pre-1970 Mass has been curtailed — severely in some cases — with the long-term aim of allowing only the new Mass.

Charlotte Bishop Delays Traditional Latin Mass Restrictions After Backlash

Charlotte Bishop Delays Traditional Latin Mass Restrictions After Backlash| National Catholic RegisterLIEDL: The bishop of Charlotte has delayed his plan to restrict the traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in his diocese, pushing the date back by nearly three months after a week and a half of significant backlash in North Carolina and beyond. Bishop Michael Martin has determined that a plan to restrict the TLM from four parish churches to a single, designated chapel will now go into effect on Oct. 2...

Pope Leo XIV at Third Wednesday General Audience: ‘Your Life Is Worthy’

Pope%20Leo%20XIV%20at%20general%20audience%3A%20%u2018Our%20life%20is%20worthy%u2019%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: Pope Leo XIV held the third general audience of his pontificate on Wednesday, telling the faithful that even when we feel useless and inadequate, “the Lord reminds us that our life is worthy.” “Even when it seems we are able to do little in life, it is always worthwhile. There is always the possibility to find meaning, because God loves our life,” Leo said in a sunny St. Peter’s Square on June 4, four days before the one-month mark of his pontificate.

Petrocentrism — the focus on the pope as the index of all things Catholic — has its downsides

Petrocentrism: a problem?WEIGEL: One hundred fifty-five years ago, when the freshly minted Kingdom of Italy conquered the rump of the Papal States and Pope Pius IX withdrew behind the Leonine Wall as the “prisoner of the Vatican,” elite European opinion pronounced the papacy finished as a factor in history — and, it was often assumed, the Catholic Church as well. Well. Last month, the election of Pius IX’s twelfth successor riveted world attention as no other change of institutional or governmental leadership possibly could.

‘Closely conformed to his own cross’ — and is 2027 the new 2026?

%282%29%20%u2018Closely%20conformed%20to%20his%20own%20cross%u2019%20%u2014%20and%20is%202027%20the%20new%202026%3FJDFLYNN: It’s June, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. Later, I’ll have some things to say about liturgy, the new breviary translation, and papal baseball cards. But first, a remarkable story: Pope Leo XIV was ordained an Augustinian priest in June 1982, seemingly beginning a path of God’s Providence that led to his now extraordinary ministry in the life of the Church...

This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of June

This%20is%20Pope%20Leo%20XIV%u2019s%20prayer%20intention%20for%20the%20month%20of%20June%20%7C%20Catholic%20News%20Agency: In his first prayer intention video of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray that the world might grow in compassion during the month of June. “Let us pray that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from his heart, learn to have compassion on the world,” the pope said in a video released June 3.

Watch 150 Amish Carry an Entire Building Down the Road

New Advent: Watch 150 Amish Carry an Entire Building Down the Road: “Some have asked why not use wheels. Mostly it was because of time. The amount of dirt that would have needed to be moved to get wheels through two ditches, plus the 180 turn at the end with limited space. It had to go down slightly to miss the power lines crossing onto the dirt road. Then the number one reason was you don't need overweight or over width permits if you just carry it...”

AI is like the ancient sophists — it tells us what we want to hear

AI%u2019s%20Spiritual%20Trap%20-%20Word%20on%20FireENGELLAND: St. Augustine speaks for all of us, Pope Leo reminds us, when he addresses God at the start of the Confessions: “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” The Confessions, with the ease and clarity of a YouTube video, puts on display how to pray always, how to enter continually and constantly into a conversation with God the Creator as one’s interlocutor, and how that conversation can change us all—for the better.

St. Charles Lwanga Protected His Friends — and Faced the Flames

St.%20Charles%20Lwanga%20Protected%20His%20Friends%20%u2014%20and%20Faced%20the%20Flames%7C%20National%20Catholic%20RegisterSIMONSON: It had been in the midst of a worldwide cholera outbreak that the Society of the Missionaries of Africa, whose members came to be known as the White Fathers, was founded in French-controlled Algeria in 1868. The White Fathers’ initial focus was to educate and instruct children who’d been orphaned during the pandemic. But founder Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie, the French-born Archbishop of Algiers, saw to it that the society’s mission expanded.

St. Clotilde: The Queen Who Brought Her Nation to Baptism

St. Clotilde: The Queen Who Brought Her Nation to Baptism| National Catholic RegisterGRONDELSKI: According to the old adage, “Behind every man, there’s a great woman.” That’s often especially true in the spiritual realm. Which brings us to St. Clotilde, who is honored in the French liturgical calendar on June 3. She was the wife of Clovis, King of the Franks, who thereby managed to Christianize those tribes and bring them into union with Rome. Yes, Christianity was known in France...

Egyptian Court Ruling Threatens Ancient St. Catherine’s Monastery at Foot of Mount Sinai

%282%29%20What%u2019s%20happening%20at%20Egypt%u2019s%20St%20Catherine%u2019s%20Monastery%3F: An Egyptian court ruling last week triggered an outcry across the Christian world. The May 28 ruling concerned the ownership of the land of the ancient St. Catherine’s Monastery, nestled at the foot of Mount Sinai. Rumors circulated on social media that the Egyptian judiciary had ordered the monastery’s closure, the confiscation of its property, and the eviction of one of the oldest monastic communities in the world.

Pope Leo XIV Honors Blessed Iuliu Hossu, Romanian Cardinal and Enemy of Nazis and Communists Alike, as a ‘Prophet of Hope’

Pope Leo XIV honours Blessed Iuliu Hossu as a prophet of hope - Vatican News: Presiding over a commemoration for Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu, the Greek-Catholic Bishop of Cluj-Gherla and martyr for the faith, Pope Leo XIV upheld the Cardinal’s legacy of interfaith solidarity and forgiveness and encouraged believers to follow his example of hope, courage and mercy.

Full Text: Homily on the Jubilee for Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly (June 1, 2025)

FULL TEXT: Homily of Pope Leo XIV On Jubilee for Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly| National Catholic RegisterCOATOFARMS: The Gospel we have just heard shows us Jesus, at the Last Supper, praying on our behalf (cf. Jn 17:20). The Word of God, made man, as he nears the end of his earthly life, thinks of us, his brothers and sisters, and becomes a blessing, a prayer of petition and praise to the Father, in the power of the Holy Spirit. As we ourselves, full of wonder and trust, enter into Jesus’ prayer, we become, thanks to his love, part of a great plan that concerns all of humanity.

Pope Leo XIV on Special Jubilee Day: ‘Familes Are the Cradle of the Future of Humanity’

Pope Leo XIV declares families cradle future humanity Jubilee Families Children Grandparents Elderly 2025 | Catholic News AgencyWIMMER: Pope Leo XIV declared families “the cradle of the future of humanity” as he celebrated Mass for thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly on Sunday.

The deep structural reform awaiting Leo XIV beneath the Becciu soap opera

The deep structural reform awaiting Leo XIV beneath the Becciu soap opera | CruxALLEN: For the outside world, it’s perhaps Pope Leo’s pleas for cease-fires in Gaza and Ukraine that have attracted the most attention since his election just over three weeks ago. For Catholic insiders, all manner of papal acts have generated reaction, from his sartorial touches, his use of sung Latin in public prayer, and even his few personnel moves.