During the eighth and ninth centuries, the Vikings frequently plundered monasteries across Europe because they were isolated, poorly defended and held vast wealth, artifacts and livestock. With prayer and penance, the monks eventually prevailed and converted the Vikings. Today, something different is happening. A new round of sackings is underway. However, no … Read more
Numerous dioceses across the British Isles are seeing record numbers of incoming converts entering the Church this Easter, lending credence to what has been described by some as a quiet revival of religion across the land. “The Holy Name of Jesus our Savior is what unites all of us here today, that … Read more
It took over seven years, but he finally got the press conference he always craved. Back in 2019 (!), we reported how Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha was among several AGs across the country seeking to replicate the public relations triumph that Pennsylvania’s AG Josh Shapiro garnered in 2018 with his blockbuster “grand jury report” … Read more
The world is suffering from a terrible crisis of masculinity. Many young men go through life adrift, unsure of themselves and their role in society. In the United States and the United Kingdom, fewer and fewer men are reaching the traditional milestones of adulthood, such as graduating high school and college, entering … Read more
Visitors to El Paso, Texas’s Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on March 1, 2026, must have been startled when thumbing through the parish bulletin. On page six, they found there a reprint of a poster promoting the “March and Vigil for Human Life and an End to Mass Deportations.” An Outrageous Image The poster … Read more
A new film describes the treatment of Catholic priests caught in the crossfire of the four-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine. No Priests Left is a story of deportation and torture. “Priests and pastors were arrested. They were interrogated. They were beaten. They were held in … torture chambers,” Father Oleksandr Bohomaz … Read more
Few Catholics have never heard of Our Lady’s apparition in Lourdes, France, to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Most famous are the many thousands of miracles that have taken place there through the miraculous spring that Our Lady produced in the Massabielle grotto on the outskirts of the village. It is perhaps … Read more
Faith, along with hope and charity, form the three theological virtues. Each has God as its object. In his Theology of Christian Perfection, the renowned Spanish theologian Fr. Royo Marin explains that “the theological virtues are the most important virtues in the life of a Christian, because they are the basis and … Read more
The debate over the hiring of Prof. Susan Ostermann as director of Notre Dame’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies is over. It triggered a massive uproar that surprised many by its intensity. In the end, the appointment was a carefully managed and measured defeat for the school’s administration, which was … Read more
Saint Katharine Drexel, the second American canonized saint, was born into a wealthy family in Philadelphia in 1858. Her father was an international banker and philanthropist accustomed to spending each evening in prayerful vigil. Although her mother passed away a few weeks after Katharine’s birth, her stepmother Emma Bouvier, wealthy in her … Read more