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“Their lives are shot through with the Church’s angels, saints, and prayers, its quirks, its rituals, and rules.”Heather...
12/20/2025

“Their lives are shot through with the Church’s angels, saints, and prayers, its quirks, its rituals, and rules.”

Heather King with a holiday read to snag for Christmas:

Written by New York Times best-selling author Monica Wood, “When We Were the Kennedys” begins in April, 1963.

Blessed Pope Urban V is known for his Benedictine spirit. He wore his monk’s habit as pope, and championed virtue and ho...
12/19/2025

Blessed Pope Urban V is known for his Benedictine spirit. He wore his monk’s habit as pope, and championed virtue and honesty.

Blessed Pope Urban V, pray for us!

“Jesus, empty me of myself, let me be clothed in you.” - Blessed Giulia Nemesia Valle
12/18/2025

“Jesus, empty me of myself, let me be clothed in you.” - Blessed Giulia Nemesia Valle

Blessed Giulia Nemesia Valle, pray for us!

In a highly anticipated appointment, Pope Leo has picked Bishop Ronald Hicks to lead the Archdiocese of New York, replac...
12/18/2025

In a highly anticipated appointment, Pope Leo has picked Bishop Ronald Hicks to lead the Archdiocese of New York, replacing Timothy Cardinal Dolan. As part of his new assignment, Hicks will take over managing a large-scale clergy abuse settlement in NY.

Originally from Chicago, Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet has experience as a seminary formator and as a missionary in El Salvador.

The birth of Jesus occurred in an atmosphere created by Daniel’s timeline. Jesus was born in a moment when Israel knew t...
12/18/2025

The birth of Jesus occurred in an atmosphere created by Daniel’s timeline. Jesus was born in a moment when Israel knew the prophetic timetable was nearly up.

The prophet Daniel is not usually the first Old Testament figure people think of during Christmas.

St. Jose founded two religious congregations — the Sons of the Holy Family in 1864, and the Missionary Daughters of the ...
12/17/2025

St. Jose founded two religious congregations — the Sons of the Holy Family in 1864, and the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, in 1874.

St. Jose Manyanet y Vives, pray for us!

A Vatican correspondent gives an inside account of Pope Leo XIV’s first international trip.“Everything was a mystery: Wi...
12/17/2025

A Vatican correspondent gives an inside account of Pope Leo XIV’s first international trip.

“Everything was a mystery: Will he speak to journalists? Will he allow spontaneous questions, or will they have to be approved in advance? Will he stop by to greet journalists, or will he see us as unwanted companions?”

Leo seems to be understanding that his ministry must be open to the world — a world that does not understand Italian.

“Listening to the Law” paints a cozy, if not rosy, picture of the atmosphere of respect and the good relations between t...
12/16/2025

“Listening to the Law” paints a cozy, if not rosy, picture of the atmosphere of respect and the good relations between the justices and the other workers in the highest court of the land.

Couldn’t she squeeze Jesus in there somewhere?

“All these things that he’s giving me, the opportunities, the struggles, the challenges, are going to help shape me as t...
12/16/2025

“All these things that he’s giving me, the opportunities, the struggles, the challenges, are going to help shape me as the person that I’m going to become in the future.”

The annual event honors Our Lady of Guadalupe on the eve of her feast day with a rousing tribute.

After the death of her husband, St. Virginia founded a refuge center, built a church, and formed two congregations of wo...
12/15/2025

After the death of her husband, St. Virginia founded a refuge center, built a church, and formed two congregations of women who cared for the sick and the elderly.

St. Virginia Centurione Bracelli, pray for us!

“After looking into the faces of the first five men, I had to take a breath and fight for my composure,” recalled Auxili...
12/15/2025

“After looking into the faces of the first five men, I had to take a breath and fight for my composure,” recalled Auxiliary Bishop Rey Bersabal of Sacramento. “You could see how much Communion meant to them.”

A group of California bishops brought the Eucharist — and a special message — to ICE detainees at a High Desert facility.

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