2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (636+ words) Credit: UR Collection | Shutterstock Former president Joe Biden, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the 9/11 Memorial Mass with Archbishop Hicks. The world changed forever on September 11, exactly 25 years ago. Anyone who was old enough…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (313+ words) Credit: Antoine Mekary | ALETEIA This concept is fundamental to the Church's dealings with the world: She believes that every human being, regardless of any factor, has human dignity: "rooted in his identity as a creature made ‘to God’s image.’" Here…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (348+ words) Credit: Andreas SOLARO / AFP The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria has issued its sharpest condemnation yet of violence that is killing Nigerians of all faiths. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria issued an urgent statement on August 27 condemning two separate…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (367+ words) Credit: Giannis Papanikos | Shutterstock For the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 27, the Pope calls Christians to treat displaced minors as their own sons and daughters. The Pope opens by describing the scope of the crisis without softening…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (688+ words) In the Southern Hemisphere, the Southern Cross has been a guide to sailors for thousands of years and Our Lady continues to guide souls to her Son. In an age without smartphones and GPS systems, sailors had to look to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (255+ words) We will never gain peace by fighting against our place and our people. There’s no fast fix or shortcut to inner peace. Quite the opposite, peace is in the inefficiencies. Peace is the freedom from always having to be productive,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (599+ words) Credit: Ritu Manoj Jethani | Shutterstock While many people are talking about defunding the humanities and getting away from liberal arts education, this college course is charting a different way forward. “Each week,” Infante explained, “after scrolling past calls to defund…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (591+ words) Although perhaps not perfectly theological, the Prom analogy is simple, and something teens (and adults) can grasp immediately. Rarely do teens invest so much effort into preparing for something. As a high school theology teacher, I always start my classes…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (416+ words) Credit: Antoine Mekary | ALETEIA Pope Leo spoke of Augustine's insight on peace, and the upcoming "Season of Creation," urging conversion of heart. "Let us continue to pray for peace," Pope Leo said after he prayed the midday Angelus on Sunday,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1108+ words) Source: Courtesy of The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton On August 28, 1774, two years before American independence was declared, Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born to a prominent Episcopalian family in New York City. She was canonized on September 15, 1975, as…...