The longtime college chaplain said young people seek reverence and silence in the liturgy and sometimes drive ‘more than hour each way’ for the Latin Mass. --- The longtime college chaplain said young people seek reverence and silence in the liturgy [...]

Pope Leo XIV speaks in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 28, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope [...]

Why are so many American colleges and universities in crisis? Drew Gilpin Faust, an accomplished Civil War historian, gave the answer, perhaps unwittingly, at her 2007 inauguration as the twenty-eighth president of Harvard University. Noting [...] --- Why are so many [...]

null / Credit: Andy - Rock News/Shutterstock Vatican City, May 27, 2025 / 12:48 pm (CNA). The official website of the Vatican for the first time has been refreshed since it was created in the 1990s, prominently featuring multimedia content and [...]

An internal memo from the Diocese of Charlotte outlines plans to suppress Traditional Latin Masses, reject seminarians devoted to the old rite, and downplay faithful objections. --- An internal memo from the Diocese of Charlotte outlines plans to suppress Traditional Latin [...]

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small insight into what is first and foremost on their minds in terms of pastoral and administrative priorities. --- ROME [...]

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of his cathedra (throne) on Sunday. The pontiff said ecclesial communion is built “on our knees, through [...]

With Memorial Day so near, I’m thinking of active-duty military, their families, and our veterans. It’s impossible to let this national day of commemoration pass without addressing the tragic statistics of military and veteran suicide. Twenty-two veterans commit suicide [...]

May 8th marked the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II, the bloodiest conflict in human history, in which more than fifty million human lives were lost. Today, our world is once again [...] --- May 8th marked the [...]

Leo XIII turned his eyes to the United States. Is Leo XIV doing it in the same way? --- A pope from the United States. That was the biggest surprise on May 8 when the new pontiff, Chicago native Robert Francis [...]