The City of St. Louis hosted the 2024 SEEK Conference from January 1-5, drawing close to 20,000 young Catholics to the metro area. In reference to St. John Paul II’s 1999 visit to St. Louis, this year’s SEEK conference has taken up the theme, “Be the light.” More...
The Nicaraguan regime of former Marxist guerrilla-leader Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, his wife and Vice President, closed out 2023 with a new wave of abductions of Catholic clergy. It currently holds 2 bishops, 15 priests, and 2 seminarians in “custody”. Pope...
The new year offers an opportunity for us to reflect on the past year and set goals for the upcoming year. Father Hezekiah Carnazzo, founder and director of the Institute of Catholic Culture, affirms “The new year is the opportunity for renewal of faith, which is...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate blocked a resolution that sought to halt abortion services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. In response, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference...
Kendal Rider was a star athlete at Lafayette Central Catholic School in Indiana until she was diagnosed with a rare pre-cancerous pancreatic tumor. "At 14, I prepared to die," Kendal says, "and it's just like ever since then, I've pushed myself even harder in...
The House this week passed a bill meant to protect the rights of religious student groups at public universities. HB 136, sponsored by Rep. Brad Hudson (R-Cape Fair), would prevent universities from denying a religious student group the same benefits as other student...
This Sunday, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. The Feast of the Divine Mercy, as it is also known, is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter, which concludes the Octave of Easter. In the 1930s, Jesus chose a humble Polish nun, St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, to...
Speaking in St. Peter’s Square on April 12, Pope Francis urged “keyboard warriors” to focus less on grandstanding from behind their desk, and instead dedicate their time to being physically present in society as a representative of the Faith. “One does not proclaim...
After being hospitalized just a few days ago for a lung infection, Pope Francis has maintained a gradually improving condition, according to the Pope’s medical staff, who have since diagnosed the Pope with bronchitis. During His stay at Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis...
The Archdiocese of Hartford is investigating a possible eucharistic miracle that may have taken place during the celebration of the Mass at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Thomaston. At the conclusion of Mass on March 5, Father Joseph Crowley announced that a...