Ukraine’s top Catholic bishop: Pope Francis’ calls for negotiations with Russia are ‘deeply hurtful’
Ukrainians had already experienced a “crisis of faith in the pope’s primacy,” Major Archbishop Shevchuk said, and that the pope’s latest statements were “deeply hurtful.”
How’s Lent Going? A 5th-grade class reports on their plans vs. reality
At the beginning of Lent, America asked a 5th-grade teacher to share what her students would be doing, or giving up, for Lent. Their responses reveal the joys and struggles of the Lenten season.
In ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,’ Jimmy Stewart has a Palm Sunday moment
An idealist—like Jesus or Jefferson Smith—can be dangerous because he refuses to accept the compromises that form the foundation of their power.
Sharing Catholic Culture
A few years ago, one of my friends decided that she would like to study philosophy. She asked me to ask a priest I am friends with, who is a retired philosophy professor, if he would be willing to teach a course to small group of students. As he enjoys teaching, he readily agreed, and […]
Holy Week and Easter: The Fact of Our Redemption
Holy Week and Easter bring with them liturgies of great beauty and solemnity suitable to the momentous significance of the events they recall. That significance is of course redemption. And for assistance in explaining it, I turn to three highly qualified commentators—Blaise Pascal, St. John Henry Newman, and St. Augustine. Start with Pascal. “There are […]
Palm Sunday: Studies in Contrast
In our Lenten journey, have we discovered that we are studies in contrasts? Did we begin with great aspirations and are now feeling more than ever our fickleness? If so, we are truly ready for Palm Sunday. Gospel (Read Mark 14:1-15:47) Today, in the universal Catholic Church, we rise during Mass to hear a full reading of […]
LifeSite is committed to holding the corrupt COVID elite accountable
Continuing COVID corruption shows LifeSite’s mission for life, faith, family, and freedom is as essential now as it ever has been.Read More
Lifting of moratorium on death penalty in Congo ‘a step backwards,’ cardinal says
Map of Congo. / Shutterstock ACI Africa, Mar 22, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The decision by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to lift a 2003 ban on the death penalty is retrogressive, the local ordinary of the country’s Kinsh… […]
Holy See: ‘Fight against racism begins from education’
During a commemorative event in New York marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the United Nation highlights the crucial role of education in eradicating racial prejudice, and decries ongoing racial discrimination against migrants or refugees of African descent in their countries of destination. […]
Faith and reason vs. the scientific impotence of atheism
Could it really be that the realities of our faith are as true – or even more true – than the realities of daily living, and exist just beyond the grasp of our senses?