Day of rest in GijonMark T. Valley
It's hard to stop walking the Camino. The procession moves ever onward. Many are loners out here. At cafes, you'll see three or four pilgrims at separate tables, alone with their phones or thoughts. ...
Full text of first public homily of Pope Leo XIVPope Leo XIV
Full text of the first public homily of Pope Leo XIV, given at a Mass for the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel May 9, 2025. I begin with a word in English, and the rest is in Italian, but ...
Feasts and miraclesArchbishop Richard G. Henning
During my time as the Bishop of Providence, I came to appreciate the great importance of the Portuguese-speaking community in that state. Among the parishes of the Diocese of Providence, there are 10 ...
A Missionary of Hope and LoveMaureen Crowley Heil
In 1959, 13-year-old Dubliner Andy Campbell was working as a supermarket stock boy. His parents had no money for secondary school, so it seemed his future as a laborer was set. As he worked, he recalled ...
New for all agesScott Hahn
By God's goodness and compassion, the doors of His kingdom have been opened to all who have faith, Jew or Gentile. That's the good news Paul and Barnabas proclaim in today's First Reading. ...
Scripture Reflection for May 18, 2025, Fifth Sunday of EasterFather Joshua J. Whitfield
Acts 14:21-27 Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 Rv 21:1-5a Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 In this Sunday's Gospel reading, we are brought back to Holy Thursday, to that dark evening of gift and betrayal and a new covenant. ...
Does a married person need their marriage blessed or 'convalidated' once they become Catholic?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: At my parish, we were blessed to have several adults baptized and enter into full communion with the church this past Easter. But my question is, what happens with their marriages? Doesn't a married ...
All eyes on RomeJaymie Stuart Wolfe
On the eve of the conclave, I find myself a bit struck by the amount of attention it seems like the whole world is giving to it all. Sure, the conclave is the oldest election process still in use. And ...
On the Camino: Many CaminosMark T. Valley
This week has been a 145-mile, all-weather trek along the pastoral surf-town coast of Cantabria. I used to think there was just one Camino -- a yellow-arrow path that everyone followed, more or less ...
Pedestal deserved: Carlo Acutis' digital authenticitySister Hosea Rupprecht, FSP
For someone for whom the idea of a celebrity culture putting people on an undeserved pedestal was distasteful, it's a bit ironic that he's been put on a pedestal himself. In the case of soon-to-be-St. ...
