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Full text of first public homily of Pope 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 ...



Are Catholics obliged to tithe?Michael Pakaluk

Because I am an ethicist in a business school, and the author of "Be Good Bankers: The Economic Interpretation of Matthew's Gospel," Catholics write to me with questions of money in relation to their ...

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. ...

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 ...

Cardinal Medeiros and the year of two conclavesViolet Hurst

In the history of the Archdiocese of Boston, only one cardinal archbishop has voted in more than one papal conclave: Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros, a cardinal elector at the conclaves of August and October ...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

Our unexpected popeGreg Erlandson

How many people on Thursday, May 8, while waiting for the cardinals to elect a new pope, said, "It will never be an American!" I was one of those, and like so many, I believed the received wisdom that ...