“The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” The French Catholic author Léon Bloy wrote these words in his 1897 novel La Femme […]
Today the Church honors the memory of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, born in Trier in 340 A.D. He was yet a catechumen, in 374, when he was nominated Bishop by popular acclamation, and so […]
Christopher Wray at his confirmation hearing on July 12, 2017. / Credit: Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Image
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 6, 2023 / 17:35 pm (CNA).
Sen. Josh Hawley engaged in a tense exchange with FBI Director Christopher Wray on … […]
Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that will inspire, entertain, inform, or all of the above comes a bit earlier than usual; it also includes […]
Synodal Report Card – “Lumen gentium (37–38) envisions a mature laity who are confident in living their faith in the world, whereas this current synodality is often obsessed with everyone’s struggles and difficulties, to a […]
Vatican-Copenhagen (kath.net/pl) In an interview with KATH.NET, Sr. Anna Mirijam Kaschner, CPS, the General Secretary of the Nordic Bishops’ Conference, declared, “Yes, I share this concern in a very personal way—and of course I can […]
The Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí, whose cause for beatification is being considered by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. / Credit: Public domain; r.nagy/Shutterstock
Washington… […]
At the beginning of each month, Pope Francis asks the faithful to pray for a special intention. In December, that prayer intention is for people with disabilities. This couldn’t have come at a better time, […]
Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators look for evidence after a bomb attack at a Catholic Mass at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Lanao del sur province in the southern Philippines on Dec. … […]
Dr. Holly Ordway has graced us with another wonderful addition to Tolkien scholarship. Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography is unique among biographies of Tolkien in that it does not focus so much on the man’s […]
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