Marriage is a sacred journey that doesn’t end at the altar—it’s just beginning. As my wife and I approach our wedding anniversary, I’ve realized that maintaining the “dating mindset” is crucial for...
What Is Spiritual Reading? Spiritual reading consists of reading something that explains some aspect of Catholic truth in an attractive, enriching way. Its function is to help reinforce and deepen...
I might as well admit something about prayer from the very start: sometimes when I read a formal prayer, from memory or with a prayer book, I find my mind wandering. Somehow, I can’t always keep my...
Pope Francis’s primary doctor during his hospitalization has said it was the pope himself who chose to keep trying different therapies when his life was most at risk, and has attributed the pontiff’s...
The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See has hit back against Pope Francis's condemnation Sunday of the resumption of “heavy Israeli bombings” in Gaza, saying renewed military action is because Hamas is...
A living legend of the Vatican’s press corps, Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki, has said Pope Francis is a keen communicator, but his personal style is not always appreciated by members of the...
Rody Sher, editor-in-chief of ACI MENA, speaks on the second anniversary of ACI MENA in 2024 at the Catholic University in Erbil, Iraq, where the agency is based...
Pope Francis greets then-His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019.
The royal...
Pope Francis waves to the gathered faithful from the balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025.
The Vatican will release the text prepared...
“What was the life of Christ but a perpetual humiliation?” Ouch. If someone were to tell you your entire life was humiliating from start to finish, how would you take it? Would you laugh it off? Take...
Nativity Series Part 6 of 6 The nativity blog series is an invitation to “enter into” the manger scene and ponder where you are in relation to Jesus. ____________________ Here’s a joke from the...
Nativity Series Part 5 of 6 The nativity blog series is an invitation to “enter into” the manger scene and ponder where you are in relation to Jesus. ____________________ It’s kind of funny that...