With the assent of Pope Francis, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published the note Gestis Verbisque (Gestures and Words) stating that when a priest or other minister changes the words, gestures, or material prescribed for the celebration of a...
The goal of virtually every dedicated Catholic parent is to ensure their children continue practicing their Catholic faith into adulthood, but recent statistics paint a sobering picture. In the United States today, only about 15% of children raised in Catholic...
Bishop James Johnston has come up on the winning side of the majority of his Super Bowl wagers in recent years. Let’s hope this year is no different! Tune in to EWTN on Friday, February 9, at 7 pm as Bishop Johnston and Archbishop Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San...
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...