Inspired by Pope Leo’s call for communion, the Catholic initiative is working to build unity in the Church and the nation. --- The Communion Project initiative hopes to repair polarization in the U.S. Church and aid the Church in offering a [...]

Pope Leo has firmly defended the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council, stating that it was deemed “necessary” in order to make the liturgy “more accessible”.     The post Pope Leo: Vatican II’s liturgical reform ‘necessary’ for greater [...]

Father Spitzer hopes readers recognize that the relationship of science and reason with faith are complementary and corroborative instead of contradictory.       The post Catholic priest’s new study Bible brings faith and science together for a doubting generation [...]

The pontiff made Vanity Fair’s annual Best Dressed list this month in “the originals” category, but what is it about his papal style that the fashion world finds compelling? --- For the second time during Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, the Holy [...]

The pontiff’s Aug. 26 general audience addressed the reasons for the church’s recent liturgical reforms. --- VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has described the liturgical reforms following the Second Vatican Council as necessary to encourage active participation by the faithful. “Since [...]

Pope Leo XIV had a full-circle Blues Brothers moment in Rimini, Italy, meeting “Blue Lou” Marini—the saxophonist known for performing with the legendary Blues Brothers band. The Chicago-born pontiff told Marini he had been a fan since the beginning, [...]

Catholic evangelist, former L.A. County police officer, and world police boxing champion Jesse Romero joins John-Henry Westen to answer the question on every faithful Catholic’s mind: How do we survive the great apostasy in the Church? Romero urges Catholics [...]

Scholars writing in L'Osservatore Romano's ‘Women Church World’ series recast the devil, original sin, and witch hunts as products of male oppression while defying Church teaching. --- Scholars writing in L'Osservatore Romano's ‘Women Church World’ series recast the devil, original sin, [...]

One sentence in a popular Qing dynasty book by the Manchu novelist, Wen Kang (文康, fl. 1850) describes China’s Catholics today. “Bend a hundred times but never break (百折不撓)!”   The post Unbroken: Chinese Catholics resist the CCP appeared first [...]

The decline stopped. Young men came back. Bible sales hit a 21-year high. But spiritual formation never followed — and a 20-year researcher of American faith says that gap is the whole story. --- The decline stopped. Young men came back. [...]