Socialism is back in style. Is today’s version compatible with Catholic social teaching?
The problem for Dorothy Day, and the Catholic Church, was socialism’s focus on class conflict at the expense of the concrete love of individuals.
San Antonio priest laicized, excommunicated after calling Popes Francis and Leo ‘usurpers’
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller announced that a tribunal of canon lawyers authorized by the Vatican found John Mary Foster guilty of “a crime against the faith for his refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff.”
A trust and confidence that astonishes
August 23, 2026, Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday, our readings offer a reflection upon the character of those entrusted by God to serve a people.
Florida Catholic bishops push back on state AG’s threat to participation in school voucher program
Florida’s bishops issued a staunch defense of their ability to determine policies for Catholic schools after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent them a letter demanding that Catholic schools adopt religious exemptions to vaccine requirements.
The medieval understanding of intelligence is exactly what we need in the age of A.I.
Exercising restraint in the use of A.I. will require a paradigm shift in how human intelligence is essentially conceived.
God can heal our hardened hearts
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, by Kat O’Loughlin
Mary of the Ashes, Pray for Us
When the wildfires swept through Spokane, I found a new devotion to Mary.
To know God, let go of ego
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jackson Goodman
Pope Leo calls for end to West Bank violence, pursuit of two-state solution
The pope’s appeal came amid reports of violent attacks by Israeli settlers, including in Taybeh, one of the last remaining Christian villages in the West Bank.
Read: Pope Leo’s message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees
“Minors are the most vulnerable group within the global movements of migration,” Pope Leo writes.
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