This Sunday, Urgent Words From Jesus, Our Lord, Coach, and Trainer...
The Church gives each of us an unexpected opportunity on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. The readings at Mass offer an exclusive, personal expert trainer and coach in what matters most in our life: Jesus Christ himself. Here are five takeaways drawn from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary Story podcast. First: Jesus sounds like a coach in the Gospel from Luke, and the Second Reading, from Hebrews, says that’s exactly what he is...
Here’s How AI Is Being Used to Persecute Christians...
Think you’re just getting bundled ‘school supplies’ from those big box kit companies? Think again...
The Night Father Michael McGivney Saved My Life...
French Bishops Ask That Priest Who Served Time for Rape of a Boy Not Be Promoted...
The Vatican's Hall of Constantine Restored...
They say of Julius II (pope from 1502 to 1513) that he did not choose his papal name in honor of his illustrious predecessor Julius I of some 1150 years earlier, but because of his esteem for Julius Caesar (100-44 BC). Maybe, although the pope’s birth name was Giuliano della Rovere, and Giuliano is a close cognate: Iulius in Latin and Giulio in Italian. As much as any other pope, Julius II is responsible for bringing great art...
YouTuber Captures Incredible Mountain Lion Encounter On Camera...
Prayer Compels Us to Put the Things of God First...
Bishop Douglas Lucia of Syracuse, New York, Takes on Extra Job as Parish Priest for 3 Churches...
How to Be as Free as a Dead Man: The Path to Spiritual Detachment...
Today we dive into spiritual detachment: a life-changing practice that unlocks unshakeable joy, deep contentment, and heroic love. If you’ve ever felt your heart chained by worry, ambition, or the need for approval, this episode will set you free. We don’t detach to escape; we detach to love, learning to live in the freedom Christ died to give us.
A Statistical History of Zoo Animal Escapes...
Our Own Personal Love Is Not as Good as the Love of Christ...
But clearly the vast majority of persons throughout the world have not had or do not have a strong Catholic family life, or indeed any Catholic family life at all. What, then, is left? The answer is actually the very thing that is both modelled by a fully Christian family life and inescapably attracts positive attention. In other words the answer is Catholic peace, joy and love...
21st-Century Christian ‘Will Either Be a Martyr or Will Not Be a Christian,’ Says Cardinal...
Vatican Under Fire for Alleged Money-Laundering Dodge...
The Council of Nicaea and the Great Complication...
In the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus of Nazareth asks his disciples “whom do you say that I am?” Almost 300 years later, the West answered at Nicaea that Christ is none other than God begotten of God — “God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God ... of one being with the Father.” After that, nothing could ever be the same again. There could be no dimension of human life and activity immune to the ramifications of that confession.
20 Years in Prison — How His Failure Turned into a 100% Success Story...
What Was It Like to Ride the Transcontinental Railroad?
Vatican Overrules Canadian Bishop’s Decision to Close Parish, Again...
Two Augustinians, Two Chairs, One Body in Christ...
When Pope Leo XIV emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, much was made of his nationality, age and pastoral record. However, one detail stood out for those of us who live, teach and pray within the Augustinian family: he was one of us. An Augustinian friar had been elected pope. For the first time in the Church’s long history, an heir of St. Augustine now wears the white cassock. It’s a striking image — a humble missionary priest is seated upon the Chair of St. Peter...
Brown Joeys, Not so Simple, and the ‘Cultural Christian’ Counterculture...
Happy Friday friends, and a happy feast of St. Dominic to everyone. But a special festive greeting to all our friends and readers — in this case the overlap here is about 100% — down in Australia on this feast of St. Mary of the Cross, better known as Mary MacKillop, the first person from the country to be canonized. St. Mary, for those unfamiliar, was born in 1842, the eldest of eight children, and founded the first free Catholic school in the country in 1866...
Emmanuel Community Leader Steps Down...
How the Extinction of the Dinosaurs Gave Us Fruit...
Holiness and Evangelization Are Inseparable...
Dropping the Atomic Bomb Was Wrong. Period...
Are All Religions Different Paths Up the Same Mountain?
Here’s why your ears pop on a plane — along with some tricks to fix it...
Transfiguration Reimagined: A Flat Canvas That Reaches Heaven...
Where Does the Bible Talk About Mortal Sin?
Why are some Catholics scared of studying the Bible themselves?
Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies and Scientists Finally Know Why...
The Risk of Acknowledging the Creed of Jesus Christ...
Feast of Our Lady of the Snows: St. Mary Major Shines in the Jubilee Year of Hope...
What happened to the Blessed Virgin Mary after the crucifixion?
What do we really know about the life of Mary beyond what the Bible tells us? Scripture gives us only glimpses of the Blessed Mother before she vanishes from history, only to reappear in the Book of Revelation as the “woman clothed in the sun.” We have the last words she speaks, resonating down the through the ages as a message to all who follow: “Do whatever he tells you.” The story of the Wedding at Cana is, in fact, the only place in Scripture where Mary addresses the adult Jesus directly.
We need to restore what’s missing in Catholic education...
“I sent my children to Catholic school from kindergarten through college, and now they don’t practice the faith.” It’s painful as an educator to hear these frequent reports from frustrated parents, yet unsurprising when, for decades, we stopped making any serious attempt to pass on the faith. The publishing of The Catechism of the Catholic Church in 1992 marked a turning point, inspiring a new generation of textbooks and faith-filled religious educators. Sadly, however, the drift away from the Church has continued. Something still isn’t clicking.
Pope Leo’s First 100 Days: Less Robert, More Peter...
On Aug. 16, Leo XIV marks his first 100 days as pope, enjoying enormous goodwill in the world and in the Church. That was evident from the exuberant reception he received at the Jubilee of Youth in Rome. The Holy Father likely considers that goodwill itself a good thing, a time of comity and comfort in the Church. It may not last, but as long as it does, it is a blessing to be enjoyed...
3 Reasons to Do a Staycation...
By staycation I simply mean a sort of vacation done at home. It could be very short (even a day or two) or it could be a week or more. Ideally not a replacement but rather an addition to a vacation (a going way of some kind), a staycation can be an excellent enhancement to life in a household. In these three reasons to do a staycation we can see a little more about what a staycation is and how we might do one...
Consuming Fire: A Reflection on the Upcoming 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time...
Our God is a consuming fire, the Scriptures tell us (see Hebrews 12:29; Deuteronomy 4:24). And in this week’s Gospel, Jesus uses the image of fire to describe the demands of discipleship. The fire He has come to cast on the earth is the fire that He wants to blaze in each of our hearts. He made us from the dust of the earth (see Genesis 2:7) and filled us with the fire of the Holy Spirit in Baptism...
Mapped: The Most Turbulent Flight Route on Each Continent...
The risk of holiness requires you to follow Christ and His Church, founded on the charity of Jesus...
Within Sacred Scripture, it is fair to say that we encounter many spiritual and physical dramas between God and man. One who may be encountering the Word of God for the very first time may see the bible as a constant soap opera where God loves, man rejects God’s love, there are consequences to rejecting God’s love, man begs for forgiveness and mercy, God is infinitely merciful...
Chicago-Style Pizza Hand-Delivered to Pope Leo by Catholic Influencers in Viral Video...
Do We Have Vocations to Marriage and Singleness?
For decades now there has been a concerted effort by many Catholics to consider the concept of vocation in broader terms than merely the calling to priesthood, diaconate, and forms of consecrated virginity lived out either in a religious community or alone. There is a healthy aspect to this. There are also dangers. The healthy aspect is that this conversation has made people think about the fact that...
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Children of Abraham: Let Us Find Another Way to Peace...
Pope Leo XIV Expands Rights for Parents Working in the Vatican...
Judge Declines to Dismiss Father Thomas Rosica Sexual Assault Lawsuit...
Pope Leo XIV’s Sunday Angelus: ‘Invest the Treasure of Your Life in Love and Mercy’...
Humanities Syllabus: Let Them Be Born in Wonder...
A Shocking Record: Lightning Bolt Stretched 515 Miles, Crossed Three States...
The Deeper Meaning of the Transfiguration...
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Sacred Voices: Vatican Choir Marks Palestrina’s 500th in New York...
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Learning From Trees Like St. Bernard of Clairvaux...
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Why America Built a Wall of 220 Million Trees From Canada to Texas...
Someone once asked Karl Rahner why he remained Catholic. Here’s his sharp response...
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Remembering Jane Greer: A Poet Who Reanchored Us to What Matters...
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Faith of Our Fathers: A Reflection on the Upcoming Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time...
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The Complete List of Popes
- St. Peter (32-67)
- St. Linus (67-76)
- St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
- St. Clement I (88-97)
- St. Evaristus (97-105)
- St. Alexander I (105-115)
- St. Sixtus I (115-125)
- St. Telesphorus (125-136)
- St. Hyginus (136-140)
- St. Pius I (140-155)
- St. Anicetus (155-166)
- St. Soter (166-175)
- St. Eleutherius (175-189)
- St. Victor I (189-199)
- St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
- St. Callistus I (217-22)
- St. Urban I (222-30)
- St. Pontian (230-35)
- St. Anterus (235-36)
- St. Fabian (236-50)
- St. Cornelius (251-53)
- St. Lucius I (253-54)
- St. Stephen I (254-257)
- St. Sixtus II (257-258)
- St. Dionysius (260-268)
- St. Felix I (269-274)
- St. Eutychian (275-283)
- St. Caius (283-296)
- St. Marcellinus (296-304)
- St. Marcellus I (308-309)
- St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
- St. Miltiades (311-14)
- St. Sylvester I (314-35)
- St. Marcus (336)
- St. Julius I (337-52)
- Liberius (352-66)
- St. Damasus I (366-84)
- St. Siricius (384-99)
- St. Anastasius I (399-401)
- St. Innocent I (401-17)
- St. Zosimus (417-18)
- St. Boniface I (418-22)
- St. Celestine I (422-32)
- St. Sixtus III (432-40)
- St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
- St. Hilarius (461-68)
- St. Simplicius (468-83)
- St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
- St. Gelasius I (492-96)
- Anastasius II (496-98)
- St. Symmachus (498-514)
- St. Hormisdas (514-23)
- St. John I (523-26)
- St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
- Boniface II (530-32)
- John II (533-35)
- St. Agapetus I (535-36)
- St. Silverius (536-37)
- Vigilius (537-55)
- Pelagius I (556-61)
- John III (561-74)
- Benedict I (575-79)
- Pelagius II (579-90)
- St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
- Sabinian (604-606)
- Boniface III (607)
- St. Boniface IV (608-15)
- St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
- Boniface V (619-25)
- Honorius I (625-38)
- Severinus (640)
- John IV (640-42)
- Theodore I (642-49)
- St. Martin I (649-55)
- St. Eugene I (655-57)
- St. Vitalian (657-72)
- Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
- Donus (676-78)
- St. Agatho (678-81)
- St. Leo II (682-83)
- St. Benedict II (684-85)
- John V (685-86)
- Conon (686-87)
- St. Sergius I (687-701)
- John VI (701-05)
- John VII (705-07)
- Sisinnius (708)
- Constantine (708-15)
- St. Gregory II (715-31)
- St. Gregory III (731-41)
- St. Zachary (741-52)
- Stephen II (III) (752-57)
- St. Paul I (757-67)
- Stephen III (IV) (767-72)
- Adrian I (772-95)
- St. Leo III (795-816)
- Stephen IV (V) (816-17)
- St. Paschal I (817-24)
- Eugene II (824-27)
- Valentine (827)
- Gregory IV (827-44)
- Sergius II (844-47)
- St. Leo IV (847-55)
- Benedict III (855-58)
- St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
- Adrian II (867-72)
- John VIII (872-82)
- Marinus I (882-84)
- St. Adrian III (884-85)
- Stephen V (VI) (885-91)
- Formosus (891-96)
- Boniface VI (896)
- Stephen VI (VII) (896-97)
- Romanus (897)
- Theodore II (897)
- John IX (898-900)
- Benedict IV (900-03)
- Leo V (903)
- Sergius III (904-11)
- Anastasius III (911-13)
- Lando (913-14)
- John X (914-28)
- Leo VI (928)
- Stephen VIII (929-31)
- John XI (931-35)
- Leo VII (936-39)
- Stephen IX (939-42)
- Marinus II (942-46)
- Agapetus II (946-55)
- John XII (955-63)
- Leo VIII (963-64)
- Benedict V (964)
- John XIII (965-72)
- Benedict VI (973-74)
- Benedict VII (974-83)
- John XIV (983-84)
- John XV (985-96)
- Gregory V (996-99)
- Sylvester II (999-1003)
- John XVII (1003)
- John XVIII (1003-09)
- Sergius IV (1009-12)
- Benedict VIII (1012-24)
- John XIX (1024-32)
- Benedict IX (1032-45)
- Sylvester III (1045)
- Benedict IX (1045)
- Gregory VI (1045-46)
- Clement II (1046-47)
- Benedict IX (1047-48)
- Damasus II (1048)
- St. Leo IX (1049-54)
- Victor II (1055-57)
- Stephen X (1057-58)
- Nicholas II (1058-61)
- Alexander II (1061-73)
- St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
- Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
- Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
- Paschal II (1099-1118)
- Gelasius II (1118-19)
- Callistus II (1119-24)
- Honorius II (1124-30)
- Innocent II (1130-43)
- Celestine II (1143-44)
- Lucius II (1144-45)
- Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
- Anastasius IV (1153-54)
- Adrian IV (1154-59)
- Alexander III (1159-81)
- Lucius III (1181-85)
- Urban III (1185-87)
- Gregory VIII (1187)
- Clement III (1187-91)
- Celestine III (1191-98)
- Innocent III (1198-1216)
- Honorius III (1216-27)
- Gregory IX (1227-41)
- Celestine IV (1241)
- Innocent IV (1243-54)
- Alexander IV (1254-61)
- Urban IV (1261-64)
- Clement IV (1265-68)
- Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
- Blessed Innocent V (1276)
- Adrian V (1276)
- John XXI (1276-77)
- Nicholas III (1277-80)
- Martin IV (1281-85)
- Honorius IV (1285-87)
- Nicholas IV (1288-92)
- St. Celestine V (1294)
- Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
- Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
- Clement V (1305-14)
- John XXII (1316-34)
- Benedict XII (1334-42)
- Clement VI (1342-52)
- Innocent VI (1352-62)
- Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
- Gregory XI (1370-78)
- Urban VI (1378-89)
- Boniface IX (1389-1404)
- Innocent VII (1404-06)
- Gregory XII (1406-15)
- Martin V (1417-31)
- Eugene IV (1431-47)
- Nicholas V (1447-55)
- Callistus III (1455-58)
- Pius II (1458-64)
- Paul II (1464-71)
- Sixtus IV (1471-84)
- Innocent VIII (1484-92)
- Alexander VI (1492-1503)
- Pius III (1503)
- Julius II (1503-13)
- Leo X (1513-21)
- Adrian VI (1522-23)
- Clement VII (1523-34)
- Paul III (1534-49)
- Julius III (1550-55)
- Marcellus II (1555)
- Paul IV (1555-59)
- Pius IV (1559-65)
- St. Pius V (1566-72)
- Gregory XIII (1572-85)
- Sixtus V (1585-90)
- Urban VII (1590)
- Gregory XIV (1590-91)
- Innocent IX (1591)
- Clement VIII (1592-1605)
- Leo XI (1605)
- Paul V (1605-21)
- Gregory XV (1621-23)
- Urban VIII (1623-44)
- Innocent X (1644-55)
- Alexander VII (1655-67)
- Clement IX (1667-69)
- Clement X (1670-76)
- Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
- Alexander VIII (1689-91)
- Innocent XII (1691-1700)
- Clement XI (1700-21)
- Innocent XIII (1721-24)
- Benedict XIII (1724-30)
- Clement XII (1730-40)
- Benedict XIV (1740-58)
- Clement XIII (1758-69)
- Clement XIV (1769-74)
- Pius VI (1775-99)
- Pius VII (1800-23)
- Leo XII (1823-29)
- Pius VIII (1829-30)
- Gregory XVI (1831-46)
- Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
- Leo XIII (1878-1903)
- St. Pius X (1903-14)
- Benedict XV (1914-22)
- Pius XI (1922-39)
- Pius XII (1939-58)
- St. John XXIII (1958-63)
- St. Paul VI (1963-78)
- John Paul I (1978)
- St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
- Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
- Francis (2013-2025)
- Leo XIV (2025—)
