Barcelona’s towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí remains years away from completion. A crane placed the upper The post Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after [...]

Pope Leo XIV appealed for an immediate end to hostilities in Ukraine on Sunday and called on people worldwide to pray for “the embattled people of Ukraine.” The pope made The post Leo XIV prays for “embattled people of Ukraine” [...]

Pilgrims will have yet another reason to visit the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, as the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, go on public display for [...]

At the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV also urged an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine as the war approaches its fourth year, insisting peace “cannot be postponed.” Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to switch off their cell [...] --- At the Angelus, Pope [...]

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday, and some Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional. The faithful across the United States The post Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not [...]

Carrie Prejean Boller joins me on this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show. --- Carrie Prejean Boller joins me on this episode of The John-Henry Westen [...]

The three pillars of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—must always be our primary focus during these forty days. The purpose—or end—of these disciplines is to grow closer to God through spiritual and corporal works. While we [...] --- The three pillars of [...]

Five Spanish Franciscan friars, collectively known as the “Georgia Martyrs,” will be beatified in Savannah, Georgia, on Oct. 31. The five Spanish Franciscan friars collectively known as the “Georgia Martyrs” will be beatified in Savannah, [...] --- Five Spanish Franciscan friars, [...]

Pope Leo XIV seems to know the issue of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more than a barroom debate, as the new technology continues to grow at an exponential rate. --- Giving the homily during one of his daily Masses, Pope Francis [...]

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina, the mother church of the Dominican order, where he preached in the homily… The post Pope Leo at Ash Wednesday Mass: We must take responsibility for sins [...]