45 years ago today: Attempted assassination of St. John Paul II recalled as turning point in history
On that fateful day right before lunch, John Paul II rode slowly through St. Peter’s Square in an open white jeep, and he bent down to bless a small girl in the crowd. Seconds later, gunshots rang out.
Catholic ministries in Bangladesh face new challenges from Islamic extremists
While discrimination and persecution against Christians has grown sharper, it has been a longstanding problem.
Christians rally to support aid for Palestinians, end arm sales to Israel
“Instead of funding war, our faith calls us to feed the hungry, defend the oppressed, and work for just peace.”
Vatican warn SSPX leaders of excommunication over ‘schismatic act’ of ordaining bishops
The Vatican has again warned the Priestly Society of St. Pius X against ordaining new bishops on July 1 without papal mandate.
In secularizing Ireland, most parents still support their local Catholic schools
Why might a society that has so consistently sought to distance itself from Catholic influence at the polling booth remain hesitant about abandoning ecclesial patronage over the classroom?
What America’s editors said about communism and the Berlin Blockade
In 1948, the Soviet Union initiated a blockade of the Western zone of the city of Berlin. ‘America’’s contributors and editors took that conflict very, very seriously.
Latinos are leaving the U.S. Catholic Church in droves. Pope Leo could bring them back.
It is precisely Pope Leo’s ability to speak English, along with his identification with Latin America, that could help the U.S.-born pope stem the exodus of U.S. Latinos from the church.
Catholic diocese fights Trump administration plan to seize pilgrimage site for border wall
The land targeted by the federal government is at the base of Mount Cristo Rey, a mountain and pilgrimage site topped by a 29-foot-tall limestone statue of Jesus Christ.
What faith and parenting have in common
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter, by Kat O’Loughlin
Step out, move forward and look outward
May 17, 2026, Ascension Sunday: Jesus’ resurrected humanity now joins with the Father, but does not leave us. Jesus, the one manifested in our humanity, not only disclosed our God, but also established a holy and divine kinship with us forever.
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