Catholic Relief Services receives State Department funds to ‘significantly expand’ humanitarian aid to Cuba
CRS, the humanitarian and development agency of the U.S. bishops’ conference, announced that it had received a $60 million award from the U.S. Department of State.
Vatican denies reports that ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik has been found not guilty of abusing nuns
The trial of the disgraced ex-Jesuit proceeded under almost total secrecy until recent media reports alleged the judges had reached a verdict in Father Marko Rupnik’s favor.
Caryll Houselander: Britain’s ‘rocking-horse Catholic’ and bohemian disciple
The writings of Caryll Houselander, a mid-century British artist, poet and spiritual writer, remain for many a treasure trove of honest reflections on faith.
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were vilified by Trump. Now they’re bracing for the end of TPS.
Catholic organizations are helping Haitian immigrant communities prepare for what many fear will be a campaign of arrest and deportation.
Pope Leo quotes Bob Dylan song in book foreword calling for nuclear disarmament
In a new essay, Pope Leo cited lyrics from an unpublished 1963 song by Bob Dylan, “Go Away You Bomb” and he praised Dorothy Day as an example of someone who worked for peace.
Encountering Christ like Mary Magdalene did
A Reflection for the Feast of Mary Magdalene, by Kat O’Loughlin
Lebanon’s cardinal urges prayer as country’s Christian president meets with Trump to talk peace
Joseph Aoun, a Maronite Christian, is the first Lebanese head of state in nearly 20 years to visit the White House, where he will meet President Trump face-to-face for the first time.
‘Turn Around’: The Bonnie Tyler-inspired youth ministry skit that formed—and scarred—a generation
For many young American Christians, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” wasn’t the soundtrack to a painful breakup, but to a spiritual and in some cases traumatic experience.
A not so simple question
July 26, 2026, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: In this Sunday’s Gospel passage, Jesus delivers three final parables, again teaching his disciples about what Matthew refers to as the Kingdom of God.
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