The Vatican rumor mill is already turning about a possible consistory. Here are 6 US bishops who could soon be named cardinal...
Jonathan Liedl
If 2024 turns out like most years of Pope Francis’ decade-long reign, the Catholic Church will soon be getting a new slate of cardinals. And if Pope Francis does call his 10th consistory before 2024 ends, it’s reasonable to think that an American could be among those to receive a “red hat.” Since becoming pontiff in March 2013, Francis has created new cardinals in every full calendar year of his pontificate except 2021...

It’s the Place of a Husband to Forge Peace in the Home...
John Cuddeback
A husband and father struggles to discover his place in the home. What exactly is his mission and how does he go about achieving it? A proper notion of peace, and of home, can offer clarification. Augustine’s definition of peace is my all-time favorite definition. Peace is the tranquility of order. These words speak to something deep within us...

Live Action President Lila Rose: ‘Trump Is Losing Pro-Life Votes’ With Shift to Pro-Abortion Rhetoric...

Veils in Church: Style, Threat, or Testimony?
Jeff Mirus
A very well-informed friend sent me a link to an article on the increased numbers of young Catholic women wearing veils in Church. I have certainly noticed this among Hispanic women in my own parish, for whom this is still a tradition, and among those characterized by a kind of piety that cherishes, and I do not mean “brandishes,” external signs of devotion. But apparently it is a wider trend, and includes a generation of younger women who were not raised in veils.

Piety is an essential virtue, and humility is the catalyst that makes it work...
Phil Lawler
Pharisees take a lot of abuse these days. Let’s give them fair treatment. Today, if you call someone a Pharisee, you’re insulting him. If you call him a Samaritan, that’s a compliment. That fact shows how thoroughly our Lord’s parables changed our perceptions, because at the time of Christ, Pharisees were respected figures, while Samaritans were objects of scorn...

God gave you the capacity to know and speak the truth. So always tell the truth. It means more than you think...
Daniel Gordon
In an age of fake news, we would all appreciate a little more truthfulness in the world. It can be difficult to sort out fact from fiction, reality from illusion, and opinion from knowledge. As it happens, truthfulness is not only something that we can cultivate in our speech and writing but in our lives as well.

Science or Materialism? Pick a Lane...
Christopher Kaczor
Is all reality nothing but a collection of atoms? Materialism can be defined as the worldview that nothing exists but what is material or physical. As Julian Baggini explains in his book Atheism: A Very Short Introduction, “There is one kind of stuff in the universe and it is physical, out of this stuff comes minds, beauty, emotions, moral values—in short the full gamut of phenomena that gives richness to human life.” If materialism is true, there is no God, no soul, and no afterlife.

Holy C-Suite? The Rise of the Diocesan COO...

In Significant Step Forward, China Recognizes Vatican’s 95-Year-Old Non-CCPA Bishop of Tianjin ...
Ed Condon
The Holy See announced Tuesday that the Chinese government has recognized an underground mainland bishop as the legitimate leader of his diocese. Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen, 95, has led the Diocese of Tianjin since 2019 — having previously been coadjutor of the diocese since 1982. He is believed to be the first Catholic bishop government authorities have recognized who has not formally joined the state-sponsored Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

The Church can’t compete with the world for peoples’ attention. When we try, we turn people into consumers. Here’s what we should do instead... ...

These Florida teens have collected 12,000 pairs of shoes for the poor this year — now they’re expanding, and recruiting their younger siblings...

Do you have loved ones who have fallen away from the faith? Divine love, not human genius, will save them...

The Maduro regime has been an 11-year nightmare for the people of Venezuela — and the Vatican’s ‘positive neutrality’ response isn’t helping...

David Deavel on Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West...

A new generation of worshippers is longing for a ‘lost type of Catholicism’ — and among young women, veils are making a comeback...

Opus Dei Prelate Responds to Those Who Consider Group ‘Conservative, Powerful and Secretive’...

Donald Trump on Truth Social: ‘My Administration Will Be Great for Women and Their Reproductive Rights’...