Pope Leo on Ash Wednesday: It’s ‘rare to find adults who repent’
“How rare it is to find adults who repent — individuals, businesses and institutions that admit they have done wrong,” Pope Leo said in his homily in the Basilica of Santa Sabina.
You can’t preach salvation without explaining sin
Here is the church’s great doctrine on sin: It is, as we say, “original.” It is larger than us, inherent in the life to which we are born, the humanity we join. We are sinned against before we ever decide to sin.
The ICE surge in Minnesota is winding down. Is Arizona next?
After border czar Tom Homan announced last week that the Trump administration would end its immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, some local religious and community leaders in Arizona are asking themselves if their state is next.
Time for turning around
February 22, 2026, the First Sunday of Lent: Story, unlike any argument, heated discussion, or contested debate, has a way of disclosing truth and making points with real staying power.
Remembering your Baptism on Ash Wednesday
Many of us were baptized as infants, so we have no memory of the event. A real memory of the day would mean so much! In a way, that is what Ash Wednesday offers us.
Vatican will not join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Cardinal Parolin says
The Holy See “will not participate” in President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said Feb. 17, citing “points that leave us somewhat perplexed.”
Move over Christmas carols. It’s time for Lent’s greatest hits.
Lenten music and hymnody aim to lift us up and call us back to the two primary themes of this season of preparation for Easter.
Remembering Cyprian Davis, a giant of Black Catholic history
Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., was a prominent figure in the American church after the Second Vatican Council due to, among other achievements, his scholarship on Black Catholics, theology, spirituality, pastoral care, Black women religious in the United States and the multifaceted history of Black Christianity on these shores.
Lent and Ramadan: a time for Catholic-Muslim solidarity amid rising bigotry
The confluence of Lent and Ramadan occurs as bigotry and discrimination against American Muslims are once again surging.
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