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May 9, 2025Faith

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 ...

Faith & Family

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. ...

Faith & Family

Shepherd and the lambScott Hahn

Israel's mission -- to be God's instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth (see Isaiah 49:6) -- is fulfilled in the Church. By the "Word of God" that Paul and Barnabas preach in today's ...

Culture & Events

Is there any reason I shouldn't do yoga?Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk

In the United States, there are roughly 30 million practitioners of yoga, alongside an expanding industry providing yoga-related products and services, classes, workshops, and equipment. But many Christians ...

Faith & Family

Journey to the Ends of the Earth in PrayerMaureen Crowley Heil

As I have been privileged to travel around the world, witnessing the work funded by the Pontifical Mission Societies (TPMS), I make it a point to carry World Mission Rosaries with me. The World Mission ...

Faith & Family

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 ...

Faith & Family

ConclaveArchbishop Richard G. Henning

As I write this column, the conclave to elect the new Holy Father has not yet begun, as we have only just concluded the nine days of mourning for Pope Francis. It is possible that even as this issue of ...

Faith & Family

7 reasons to pray for the cardinals in conclaveJaymie Stuart Wolfe

As the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome for the conclave that will elect our next pope, the rest of us may feel like we have no real role to play in the process. And yet, that is absolutely not the ...

Culture & Events

Scripture Reflection for May 11, 2025, Fourth Sunday of EasterDeacon Greg Kandra

Acts 13:14, 43-52 Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 Rv 7:9, 14b-17 Jn 10:27-30 Are we listening? This week's Gospel from John offers this simple, matter-of-fact statement from Jesus: "My sheep hear my voice." That ...