New Study of St. Teresa of Avila’s Relics Reveals ‘Incredible’ Initial Findings ...

The Vatican Pushes for Peace as the War in Ukraine Approaches Its Third Winter...
Peter Laffin
As the brutal fighting in Ukraine approaches its third winter with no end in sight, the Vatican has once again dispatched Italian Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi to push for peace. Cardinal Zuppi, who is Pope Francis’ special envoy to Ukraine, embarked on his second visit to Moscow on Monday, where he will “assess further efforts to facilitate the reunification of Ukrainian children with their families...

Neutrality and Nobility: How the Order of Malta Runs Its Diplomatic Service...

How to Make a Family Necrology — and Why You Should Do It...

The 4 Forgotten Martyrs of the American Southwest...

Carry No Purse, No Bag, No Sandals...
Tom Neal
Today’s Gospel at Mass had me thinking about a homily I heard a few years ago in Omaha on Luke 10:4, which contains Jesus’ instructions for the disciples as he sends them out on mission: “Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals.” How does ditching your purse, bag and sandals even work for me? Not a rejection of legitimate self-defense, possessions. It’s a mindset. Priorities. Different for each, detachment is the key. Not being possessed by possessions...

Pope’s Sunday Angelus: ‘True Wealth Is to Be Looked Upon With Love by God’...

Mater Et Magistra, La Suprema, and Disordered Desire...

How ‘Wir sind Papst!’ Became a Headline for the Ages...
Luke Coppen
Hours after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope in 2005, the German journalist Georg Streiter came up with a headline that’s still remembered almost 20 years later. Streiter, the political editor of the Bild newspaper, condensed Germany’s excitement at the election of its first native son in 482 years into three words: “Wir sind Papst!” (“We are pope”).

3 Simple Rules for the Rosary, from Actor David Henrie (‘Wizards of Waverly Place,’ ‘How I Met Your Mother’)...
Fr. Patrick Briscoe
As Catholics around the world celebrate October, the month of the holy Rosary, actor and director David Henrie recently shared with Our Sunday Visitor how this powerful prayer has impacted his life. Known for his roles in Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” and the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” Henrie has been open about the central role that the Rosary plays in his personal and family life...

Why the Príncipi Case Matters...
Ed Condon
The Vatican Secretariat of State’s “extraordinary procedure” to reinstate a laicized priest, blocked this week by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, may prove to be the most significant Vatican story of the year. Little is known, as yet, about why sostituto Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra issued an order trying to reinstate a man convicted of child sexual abuse by two interdiocesan tribunals in Argentina. But his decision to do so, and the DDF’s move to publicly void the attempt, raises real questions about the role of Pope Francis, the rule of law, and the exercise of power in the Vatican...

Jesus Does Not Follow the Science...
Fr. Jerry Pokorsky
Patients use Internet medical portals to make appointments, ask questions of medical personnel, and check laboratory results. But do the medical portal masters follow the science? The portal masters now ask: What was your sex assigned at birth? (Me: “I don’t remember.”) What are your preferred pronouns?

States Continue to Report High Levels of Home Schooling After Pandemic Boost, Study Finds...

What We Can Learn from Falling Leaves...
John Cuddeback
Though I love autumn and the fall of leaves, at the same time something in me rebels. Even as I think, “I don’t want to miss their turning,” part of me just wants it to be over. Somehow, like life itself, autumn in its beauty and drama can be just too much. But maybe I need to learn something from the leaves. Hilaire Belloc often puts to words sentiments I had not realized I was feeling...

‘Go and Fear Nothing’: How Our Lady of Champion’s Message Still Inspires Today...

The owner of the White Sox wasn’t really sorry for his losing team...

Snubs and Surprises: Making Sense of Pope Francis’ Latest Cardinal Picks...