Pope Leo gets back to work after cancer surgery
In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen evaluate how Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from his lung surgery is progressing and discuss questions of how the operation might affect his immediate future plans.
Catholic bishops pray over Trump days before midterms
The U.S. bishops’ conference said it had no role in the Oval Office gathering, which echoed prayer sessions with Trump’s evangelical supporters.
The temptation to follow idols
A Reflection for Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane
Israel elections: Christian Arab community considers peace, public safety and affordability
Israel’s Arab voters could have a significant role in forming the next government. Arab Christians represent about 1.5 percent of the total vote in Israel.
‘Lanterns’: a superhero show with a surprising message about vocation
HBO’s ‘Lanterns’ is a very human exploration of how we can come to know what to do with our lives.
My viral exchange with James Talarico over abortion shows civil debate is still possible
I walked away from this town hall newly convinced that if Catholics hope to persuade others to join us in protecting human life, from conception to natural death, we must find new ways to engage those who disagree with us.
What three spooky saint stories can teach us about the afterlife
These tales of the dead returning to the living remind us that those who have gone before us are not beyond the reach of our love.
‘You Can See Everything’—but what can you believe?
In Nathan Fielder’s new documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the audience enters a hall of mirrors.
Archbishop Gudziak: Ukraine’s only option is to fight on after Trump’s appeasement of Putin
It will be difficult for Ukraine to survive its war with Russia without U.S. support, but Ukrainians are determined to carry on with or without help from the Trump administration.
On Ukraine war: Pope Francis the prophetic disruptor, Pope Leo the institutional pragmatist
Pope Leo XIV has taken a much more calculated, institutional approach, one that reflects his status as a Vatican “insider” in contrast with Pope Francis, who never held a Vatican role before his election.
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