On the season premiere of Jesuitical, Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless talk with Katelyn Beaty about the rise of celebrity priests and pastors and dangers of having a faith that is centered on charismatic individuals.

Here are 15 big Catholic stories you might have missed from the last three months.

“I asked her, ‘Auntie, you’re not leaving?’ and, after a moment of silence, she answered ‘I don’t know, I want to wait,” Comboni Sister Gabriella Bottani said of her aunt, Comboni Sister Maria De Coppi.

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest, by Sebastian Gomes

Pope Francis highlighted the late queen’s “example of devotion to duty, her steadfast witness of faith in Jesus Christ and her firm hope in his promises.”

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the two-day of cardinals in Rome and the recent beatification of Pope John Paul I, who led the church for a mere 33 days before his sudden death.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday. She was 96.

Advocates for the protection of women charge that rape is systemic and endemic in South Africa. Police statistics confirm this: There are about 115 rapes per day, a level that is among the highest in the world.

A Reflection for the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

How do you keep things in perspective and maintain a faith life when you are trying to figure out new friends, new freedom and the location of your classes?

“When we think of Syria, there comes to mind the verse of the Book of Lamentations: ‘Vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?’” Pope Francis said.

Is it possible that people who say that the sacrament is more trouble than it is worth, that they do not need confession, have duped themselves?

The Democrats and never-Trumpers are obsessed with the loud and visible element of Trump voters who can never be persuaded. They should be focused instead on those who could be.

Pope Francis delivers his general audience speech on the conversion and discernment of St. Ignatius, who encountered the unexpected and made the best of it.

A new documentary on Sister Thea Bowman shines a light on her life and work as an advocate for racial justice and intercultural understanding.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Cristobal Spielmann

J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world was in many ways a direct reflection of his understanding of reality.

Several Catholic school districts throughout the United States are grappling with changes around gender identity, and in some systems, students and staff are now subject to new policies about gender.

In a congratulatory note to Liz Truss, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said many people in the U.K. would be facing the choice between “heating and eating” this winter because of rampant inflation and soaring fuel bills.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke