Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati / EWTN News
Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 04:42 am (CNA).
The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and wi… […]
Catholic saints sometimes become popular for strange reasons. Saint Nicholas, bishop of the early Church, may have inspired the legend of Saint Nick, but he bore little resemblance to today’s chubby Santa Claus. Saint Ambrose […]
Travelling through Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane (and the stunning New South Wales towns of Armidale and Newcastle) during the cool, golden days of late autumn 2025 in south-eastern Australia, I had the great pleasure of accompanying […]
“The Church needs you.” In the first week of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV spoke these words to members of the Eastern Catholic Churches gathered in Rome to celebrate the Jubilee. On June 2nd, he […]
It’s hard to believe, but 32 years have passed since enactment of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA, P.L. 103-141), a 1993 law that clarified federal policy as promoting religious freedom domestically. RFRA came in […]
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Rome, Italy, Jun 11, 2025 / 10:46 am (CNA).
The head of a sex abuse survivors’ group in Italy expressed his doubts that a recent report on safeguarding efforts published by the Italian bishops’ co… […]
Never judge a book, we are told, solely by its cover. Nor should we do so by its bibliographical information. While Shemaiah Gonzalez’s first book is published under the Zondervan Academic imprint, those who expect […]
Public Discourse Degenerating Into Infantile Tantrums- “Ours is a culture not merely characterized by the death of old moral values but their intentional and exultant destruction.” Pride Month and the Infantilization of Society (First Things) […]
Father Marko Rupnik in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / Credit: EWTN
Vatican City, Jun 9, 2025 / 11:08 am (CNA).
The Vatican on Monday removed artwork by former Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik from its official websites.Digital images of the S… […]
When we think of great Catholic mystics, names like Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, and Margaret Mary Alacoque come to mind, along with modern saints such as Faustina Kowalska and Pio Forgione. But […]
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