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Pier Giorgio Frassati Could Be Canonized During 2025 Jubilee, Cardinal Says
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness. ‘The canonization … is now clearly on the horizon and is in sight for the coming Jubilee Year,’ head of saints’ office said, according to the official newspaper […]
Diebus Saltem Dominicis: 4th Sunday after Easter – Divine protection in the great eschatological trial
We now move into the next phase of the seven-week Easter Season. The first stage looked back to the Resurrection and reflect upon the sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist. In this stage, which began last Sunday, we look forward to the Lord’s Ascension, the Spirit’s Descent and we consider the sacrament of Confirmation. Like last […]
Archive Spiritual Greatness: 8 Vital Elements Every Catholic Needs for a Holy Life
Are you building your life on the pillars of greatness? On this episode of “The Catholic Gentleman,” John Heinen, Sam Guzman, and Devin Schadt discuss eight essential pillars every Catholic needs to achieve greatness in life! Daily Devotions Bring You Closer to God The foundation of an authentic Catholic life begins with a strong devotional […]
On Beginnings and Endings
Looking over the last lines of T.S. Eliot’s fabled Four Quartets, the great masterwork on which his reputation rests, one sees in the final movement of the poem a striking reminder of that which we do well never to forget. It is the knowledge that, in this life certainly, We shall not cease from exploration, […]
Pope St. John Paul and the Eucharist Inextricably Linked
Sean Gallup Pope John Paul II prepares Communion during an outdoor Mass he celebrated on September 13, 2003 in the town of Roznava, Slovakia. COMMENTARY: As we observe a National Eucharistic Revival in the United States and prepare for a national Eucharistic Congress, it’s timely and providential for us to consider John Paul II’s love […]
Catholic priest is public face of Gabon’s post-coup future
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As the central African nation of Gabon attempts to build a new future in the wake of a military coup last August, the centrality of religious faith in African cultures is reflected in the fact that the public face of the rebuilding project is a Catholic priest. Speaking on state television April […]
Pope to take part in G7 summit in June to talk Artificial Intelligence
ROME – Adding to what was already a busy papal schedule for 2024, the Vatican confirmed Friday that Pope Francis will participate, in person, in a G7 summit scheduled for the southern Italian region of Puglia June 13-15. According to a statement from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the pope will take part in a […]
In Venice tomorrow, Pope will find a church struggling against decline
ROME – As Pope Francis makes his way to Venice tomorrow, he’ll not only be visiting one of the most fabled and romanticized cities in the world. He’ll also be confronting one of the leading symbols of the statistical decline of Catholicism in its traditional heartland, in a spot once hailed by another pope as […]
Biden’s Title IX Changes and the Dictatorship of Relativism
The Title IX changes are poised to eradicate due process protections included during the administration of former US President Donald Trump and consider “all claimed sexual orientations” and “gender identities”, including putting in place protections for cross-sex restroom use.