Building His House: A Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Easter...
By His death, Resurrection, and Ascension, Jesus has gone ahead to prepare a place for us in His Father’s house. His Father’s house is no longer a temple made by human hands. It is the spiritual house of the Church, built on the living stone of Christ’s body. As Peter interprets the Scriptures in today’s Epistle, Jesus is the “stone” destined to be rejected by men but made the precious cornerstone of God’s dwelling on earth
3 Reasons to Seek Self-Knowledge...
Though self-knowledge has been praised by great thinkers from ancient times to the present, we don’t give this all-too-rare quality the attention it demands. The importance of self-knowledge is probably most noticeable precisely when it is absent. And alas, often we become aware of this absence in others without noticing it in ourselves. So we lack knowledge of our own lack of knowledge, of ourselves!
Entering May With Mary...
Spring lands differently in modern times. Our electric lights, insulated homes, glass windows, and push-button heat all take some of the bite out of winter. Even our long journeys overland are conducted in warmth and light. Not so for our ancestors, particularly in the northern latitudes, who greeted the deliverance from the cold and dark of winter with celebrations second only to Christmas...
Overthinking, Who Do You Love, and Ride of the Weirdos...
For a lot of families, this is peak sacramental season, full of First Communions and Confirmations — we’re packing the car and heading off this afternoon to be there for one of our godchildren’s big day tomorrow. While I am keenly aware I ought to do and say something, I’m always slightly on the horns about how best to emphasize the importance of a First Communion to a godchild.
Is the Church Dying or Reviving? Yes...
What is going on in the Church in America? Is She singing a swan song, or is She rising again from the ashes like the legendary phoenix? In the spirit of legendary Yankee catcher Yogi Berra, who said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” allow me to answer the latter question...
Video Shows Shark Chasing Hydrofoil Surfer Off Coast of California...
On Shame, Sex and Sacredness: A Theology of the Body Reflection...
Back when I was giving talks to teenagers, there was always a point in the presentation where the audience knew we were getting dangerously close to discussing s-e-x. At that point, I would say, “I know what you’re thinking. ‘Oh no, she’s going to talk about sex. Please don’t let her talk about the details. I get so embarrassed.’ And then...
Why Pope Leo Won’t Meet the SSPX...
Can Unity Be Built Without Truth? Lessons From Sarah Mullally’s Vatican Visit...
Why Silicon Valley Is Turning to the Catholic Church [The Atlantic - Paywall]...
6 Tiny Countries You Can Walk Across in a Day...
Official Schedule Announced for September Beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen...
What I Would Have Said in Wisconsin About AI...
To cut to the chase, I will not be speaking tonight at the Xavier Fine Arts Center in Appleton, Wisconsin, on this topic: “Pope Leo takes on technology ... Why it Matters.” Sadly, for this first time in my career, I am going to miss a speaking engagement due to illness. It’s not safe to travel by air when your ears are almost completely swollen shut by my annual spring sinus infection...
UK Pro-Life Groups Hail ‘Great Victory’ as Assisted-Suicide Legislation Fails...
Motivation, a Question of Time, and Shaking Hands...
Fernando Mendoza’s Catholic Playbook: Pro Tips From Las Vegas Faithful for the Raiders’ New QB...
Did you know St. George’s Day (which is today) was once celebrated like Christmas?
Arthur Brooks on How to Find Meaning (and Happiness) in an Age of Emptiness...
Eager (Not Too Eager) for Friendship...
What’s so amazing about retractable pens? Let’s get into it...
Gen Z Catholics and the Growing Divide Over Israel...
Pope Leo XIV Arrives in Catholic-Majority Equatorial Guinea — Day 9 of His Visit to Africa...
IDF Confirms Viral Photo of Israeli Soldier Smashing Crucifix in Lebanon Is Genuine, Vows Action...
Pope Leo XIV in Angola: ‘Build the Hope of the Future’...
Old Lines, New Thoughts: Writing Out a Gospel by Hand...
10 Important Mountains in the Bible...
The Dilemma of Teaching Religion...
How to Avoid Another Blowup at Notre Dame...
A Pause, a Peace, and a ‘Cup of Poison’: How Wars End in Iran...
Would You Pass the Royals’ Cleaning Test? Check Out What They Make Prospective Hires Do...
The One Regret I Didn’t Know I Had...
Is Jesus Your Savior or Your Friend?
When the angel Gabriel announced to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would bear a son and that her son was to be called Jesus, which means Savior, and that he was to be the ruler of a kingdom that would never end, one could only imagine what she was thinking at that very moment. Since the blessed Mother is the Immaculate Conception, she responded by submitting to the will of the Father...
Here Is the Missing Step in Parish Renewal...
Working on parish renewal is a very good thing. It comes from an attitude of “okay isn’t okay” or “we can be better” or “God wants more”. These are gifts. We got here because the Lord stirred hearts to reach more souls. So, the conferences have been attended...
What It Would Be Like to Surf Five Distant Planets...
This Sunday, Jesus Is the Way Out of the Jungle of Death...
Imagine Jesus has taken you with his apostles into the middle of the South American jungle. On one side, you hear a drug cartel loading their guns. On the other, you hear frantic monkeys warning of a jaguar’s approach. The sun is setting and the darkness is becoming total. “Okay. I’m leaving you right here,” Jesus says...
Following the Trail of the Holy Father in ‘Pope Leo’s Peru’...
I was on a bus somewhere between Chiclayo and Trujillo, sleep-deprived and increasingly irritable, when the significance of having a missionary pope finally clicked for me. By that point, I’d been in Peru for about seven days, filming an EWTN News documentary, Pope Leo’s Peru, that will debut Friday, May 1. And although initially excited to be in the Land of the Incas...
In Thanksgiving for the Gift of Baptism...
Three-quarters of a century ago, on April 29, 1951, I was baptized by Father Thomas Love, SJ, in Baltimore’s Church of Saints Philip and James. Old Scratch must have thoroughly sunken his claws into my infant self; according to family tradition, I sent up such a howl when he was ousted by water and the Holy Spirit that my cousin Judy hid in a confessional.
On Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, Pope Leo XIV Appoints 4 New Bishops to Multiple U.S. Dioceses...
Santa Walks into an Irish Pub...
Tears trickled down a deli owner’s cheeks the day Eddie Cotter Jr. left town. Scratch that — just about the entire town of Black Earth, Wisconsin, cried when the Cotter family left their small town to move back home to central Ohio four years ago. From the dart games in Cotter’s Pub — Eddie’s garage — to the random encounters with Eddie at the grocery store, at church or in passing, everybody knew Eddie, and Eddie knew everybody...
Azerbaijan Demolishes Armenian Cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh Region...
What to Look For in Pope Leo XIV's First Social Encyclical...
Was Pope Leo XIV Offering His African Audiences a Preview of His New Encyclical?
During his trip to Africa, Pope Leo XIV gave us a glimpse into his interpretation of the Church’s social doctrine — with themes ranging from the societal impact of artificial intelligence to the role of the Church and peace. And everything suggests these will be the themes of the Pope’s first, highly anticipated encyclical.
10 Things You Should Know About Mark’s Gospel...
US Bishops Say Violence ‘Never the Answer’ After Shooting at White House Press Diner...
Pope Leo XIV Tells New Priests: ‘You Are a Channel, Not a Filter’...
This Sunday, We the Sheep Wait for the One We Know...
Pope Leo XIV Departs Africa, Returns to Rome After 11-Day Papal Trip...
‘Ecclesiacide,’ Then and Now...
The Parish That Prefers Death to New Life...
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s wide-field successor to Hubble, is finally complete...
Pope Leo XIV Visits Equatorial Guinea as African Trip Draws to a Close...
What the World Missed When the Pope Returned to St. Augustine’s Homeland Last Week...
Vatican Diary: Reflections on ‘America Week’ at the Vatican...
Christ Is Not ‘a Guru or a Good Luck Charm,’ Pope Says at Mass in Angola...
This Sunday, Jesus, the ‘Undercover Boss,’ Is Seeking You Out, Too...
Danish Courtesy, Agreeing to Disagree, and the Soccer Super Bowl...
King Arthur in the Lives of the Saints...
Pope Leo XIV Lands in Angola for Third Leg of His Apostolic Journey...
A Dispatch from Inside the Vatican Bubble During a Remarkable Exchange Between Pope and President...
Your Tribe Is Not Your Magisterium...
Blessed Peter, Paul III, and Everything Else...
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Pope Leo XIV in Algeria: ‘I Am Here Among You As a Pilgrim of Peace’...
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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—)