Prayer Is a Gift, Not a Nuisance...
In his letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul provides a methodology for proclaiming Christ as the center of Christian prayer, addressing the love between the Father and us. He emphasizes the importance of being strengthened by God to communicate with Him, and of allowing Christ to dwell in their hearts, strengthening their faith grounded in love. St. Paul concludes his mini discourse on prayer by reminding the faithful...
Pray for the Pope, and Bagels as the Basis of Culture...
At the end of this week, the Church will celebrate the anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election to the papacy, after a two-day conclave that began May 7, 2025. There’s plenty of analysis about the pope’s first year, and plenty more coming. In the meantime, pray for the pope. His is not an easy task, and — contrary to popular opinion...
Pope Leo Appoints Jesuit Father Michael Castori as Bishop of Honolulu...
Vatican Publishes 2024 Letter Rejecting Formal Blessings for Homosexual Couples in Germany...
Alive in the Spirit: A Reflection on the Sixth Sunday of Easter...
Jesus will not leave us alone. He won’t make us children of God in Baptism only to leave us “orphans,” He assures us in today’s Gospel. He asks the Father to give us His Spirit, to dwell with us and keep us united in the life He shares with the Father. We see the promised gift of His Spirit being conferred in today’s First Reading...
Pope Leo XIV Remembers Journalists Killed by War and Violence...
Former Federal Prosecutor: ‘I’d Like to Prosecute Any Nun Who Still Wears the Head Habit’...
How Preoccupation with Sexual Sin Can Stunt Holiness...
In the rising tide of sexual immorality, or in judging the pitiful state of the world, devout Catholics tend to remember the famous statement by Our Lady of Fatima that “More souls go to hell for sins of the flesh than for any other reason.” Ever since that time, we have been citing this statement as an indication that more souls go to hell for sexual sins...
Building His House: A Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Easter...
3 Reasons to Seek Self-Knowledge...
Entering May With Mary...
Spring lands differently in modern times. Our electric lights, insulated homes, glass windows, and push-button heat all take some of the bite out of winter. Even our long journeys overland are conducted in warmth and light. Not so for our ancestors, particularly in the northern latitudes, who greeted the deliverance from the cold and dark of winter with celebrations second only to Christmas...
Overthinking, Who Do You Love, and Ride of the Weirdos...
For a lot of families, this is peak sacramental season, full of First Communions and Confirmations — we’re packing the car and heading off this afternoon to be there for one of our godchildren’s big day tomorrow. While I am keenly aware I ought to do and say something, I’m always slightly on the horns about how best to emphasize the importance of a First Communion to a godchild.
Is the Church Dying or Reviving? Yes...
What is going on in the Church in America? Is She singing a swan song, or is She rising again from the ashes like the legendary phoenix? In the spirit of legendary Yankee catcher Yogi Berra, who said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” allow me to answer the latter question...
Video Shows Shark Chasing Hydrofoil Surfer Off Coast of California...
On Shame, Sex and Sacredness: A Theology of the Body Reflection...
On Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, Pope Leo XIV Appoints 4 New Bishops to Multiple U.S. Dioceses...
Santa Walks into an Irish Pub...
Azerbaijan Demolishes Armenian Cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh Region...
What to Look For in Pope Leo XIV's First Social Encyclical...
Was Pope Leo XIV Offering His African Audiences a Preview of His New Encyclical?
10 Things You Should Know About Mark’s Gospel...
US Bishops Say Violence ‘Never the Answer’ After Shooting at White House Press Diner...
Pope Leo XIV Tells New Priests: ‘You Are a Channel, Not a Filter’...
This Sunday, We the Sheep Wait for the One We Know...
Pope Leo XIV Departs Africa, Returns to Rome After 11-Day Papal Trip...
‘Ecclesiacide,’ Then and Now...
The Parish That Prefers Death to New Life...
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s wide-field successor to Hubble, is finally complete...
Pope Leo XIV Visits Equatorial Guinea as African Trip Draws to a Close...
What the World Missed When the Pope Returned to St. Augustine’s Homeland Last Week...
Vatican Diary: Reflections on ‘America Week’ at the Vatican...
Christ Is Not ‘a Guru or a Good Luck Charm,’ Pope Says at Mass in Angola...
This Sunday, Jesus, the ‘Undercover Boss,’ Is Seeking You Out, Too...
Teach your children how to avoid loneliness by cultivating your ‘capacity for solitude’...
In Reclaiming Conversation Sherry Turkle offers a remarkably important and practical insight: we need to cultivate a “capacity for solitude.” Its profound significance is apparent in a simple assertion that says much about all of us, not just young people: “If we are unable to be alone, we will be more lonely.” Turkle offers this insight in the context of addressing something we know to be true...
Speaking the Truth about the Pope and Politics...
In 1938, Monsignor Fulton Sheen wrote, “There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church—which is, of course, quite a different thing.” Observing the widespread contentions that, for example, Catholics worship Mary or that Catholics worship idols, Sheen notes that this caricature of the Catholic Church was viral...
Ross Douthat: Pope Leo’s Election Suggests ‘American Situation’ Is the Church’s Future...
Nearly one year ago, Pope Leo XIV defied long-standing conventional wisdom that an American would never be elected to succeed St. Peter. But a leading Catholic commentator believes that the Chicago-born Pontiff may have been elected not despite his American background, but perhaps because of it...
‘Would It Matter If I Told You I’m Pope Leo?’...
The Pro-Life Movement Is Turning on Trump [WSJ Paywall]...
Pope Leo XIV to Meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday...
Cleveland’s Echo on the Edge of Darkness and Light: “Love Will End Abortion”...
Just steps from Preterm, Ohio’s blue-ribbon winner each year for most murdered babies, the scene outside resembles a kindly pop-up country fair. Slices of pepperoni pizza, snack bags, racks of sharp-looking maternity wear, shiny new toys, rosaries, and Miraculous Medals circulate like borrowed cups of sugar...
Israeli Police Arrest Man in Nun Attack Near Jerusalem’s Old City...
Pope Leo’s Peru: An EWTN News Special Report...
Is Jesus Your Savior or Your Friend?
Here Is the Missing Step in Parish Renewal...
Working on parish renewal is a very good thing. It comes from an attitude of “okay isn’t okay” or “we can be better” or “God wants more”. These are gifts. We got here because the Lord stirred hearts to reach more souls. So, the conferences have been attended...
What It Would Be Like to Surf Five Distant Planets...
This Sunday, Jesus Is the Way Out of the Jungle of Death...
Imagine Jesus has taken you with his apostles into the middle of the South American jungle. On one side, you hear a drug cartel loading their guns. On the other, you hear frantic monkeys warning of a jaguar’s approach. The sun is setting and the darkness is becoming total. “Okay. I’m leaving you right here,” Jesus says...
Following the Trail of the Holy Father in ‘Pope Leo’s Peru’...
In Thanksgiving for the Gift of Baptism...
Three-quarters of a century ago, on April 29, 1951, I was baptized by Father Thomas Love, SJ, in Baltimore’s Church of Saints Philip and James. Old Scratch must have thoroughly sunken his claws into my infant self; according to family tradition, I sent up such a howl when he was ousted by water and the Holy Spirit that my cousin Judy hid in a confessional.
Archdiocese of New York Agrees to Pay Out Nearly $1 Billion to Abuse Victims...
Why Pope Leo Won’t Meet the SSPX...
Can Unity Be Built Without Truth? Lessons From Sarah Mullally’s Vatican Visit...
Why Silicon Valley Is Turning to the Catholic Church [The Atlantic - Paywall]...
6 Tiny Countries You Can Walk Across in a Day...
Official Schedule Announced for September Beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen...
What I Would Have Said in Wisconsin About AI...
UK Pro-Life Groups Hail ‘Great Victory’ as Assisted-Suicide Legislation Fails...
Motivation, a Question of Time, and Shaking Hands...
Fernando Mendoza’s Catholic Playbook: Pro Tips From Las Vegas Faithful for the Raiders’ New QB...
Did you know St. George’s Day (which is today) was once celebrated like Christmas?
Arthur Brooks on How to Find Meaning (and Happiness) in an Age of Emptiness...
Eager (Not Too Eager) for Friendship...
What’s so amazing about retractable pens? Let’s get into it...
Gen Z Catholics and the Growing Divide Over Israel...
Pope Leo XIV Arrives in Catholic-Majority Equatorial Guinea — Day 9 of His Visit to Africa...
IDF Confirms Viral Photo of Israeli Soldier Smashing Crucifix in Lebanon Is Genuine, Vows Action...
Pope Leo XIV in Angola: ‘Build the Hope of the Future’...
Old Lines, New Thoughts: Writing Out a Gospel by Hand...
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The Complete List of Popes
- St. Peter (32-67)
- St. Linus (67-76)
- St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
- St. Clement I (88-97)
- St. Evaristus (97-105)
- St. Alexander I (105-115)
- St. Sixtus I (115-125)
- St. Telesphorus (125-136)
- St. Hyginus (136-140)
- St. Pius I (140-155)
- St. Anicetus (155-166)
- St. Soter (166-175)
- St. Eleutherius (175-189)
- St. Victor I (189-199)
- St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
- St. Callistus I (217-22)
- St. Urban I (222-30)
- St. Pontian (230-35)
- St. Anterus (235-36)
- St. Fabian (236-50)
- St. Cornelius (251-53)
- St. Lucius I (253-54)
- St. Stephen I (254-257)
- St. Sixtus II (257-258)
- St. Dionysius (260-268)
- St. Felix I (269-274)
- St. Eutychian (275-283)
- St. Caius (283-296)
- St. Marcellinus (296-304)
- St. Marcellus I (308-309)
- St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
- St. Miltiades (311-14)
- St. Sylvester I (314-35)
- St. Marcus (336)
- St. Julius I (337-52)
- Liberius (352-66)
- St. Damasus I (366-84)
- St. Siricius (384-99)
- St. Anastasius I (399-401)
- St. Innocent I (401-17)
- St. Zosimus (417-18)
- St. Boniface I (418-22)
- St. Celestine I (422-32)
- St. Sixtus III (432-40)
- St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
- St. Hilarius (461-68)
- St. Simplicius (468-83)
- St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
- St. Gelasius I (492-96)
- Anastasius II (496-98)
- St. Symmachus (498-514)
- St. Hormisdas (514-23)
- St. John I (523-26)
- St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
- Boniface II (530-32)
- John II (533-35)
- St. Agapetus I (535-36)
- St. Silverius (536-37)
- Vigilius (537-55)
- Pelagius I (556-61)
- John III (561-74)
- Benedict I (575-79)
- Pelagius II (579-90)
- St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
- Sabinian (604-606)
- Boniface III (607)
- St. Boniface IV (608-15)
- St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
- Boniface V (619-25)
- Honorius I (625-38)
- Severinus (640)
- John IV (640-42)
- Theodore I (642-49)
- St. Martin I (649-55)
- St. Eugene I (655-57)
- St. Vitalian (657-72)
- Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
- Donus (676-78)
- St. Agatho (678-81)
- St. Leo II (682-83)
- St. Benedict II (684-85)
- John V (685-86)
- Conon (686-87)
- St. Sergius I (687-701)
- John VI (701-05)
- John VII (705-07)
- Sisinnius (708)
- Constantine (708-15)
- St. Gregory II (715-31)
- St. Gregory III (731-41)
- St. Zachary (741-52)
- Stephen II (III) (752-57)
- St. Paul I (757-67)
- Stephen III (IV) (767-72)
- Adrian I (772-95)
- St. Leo III (795-816)
- Stephen IV (V) (816-17)
- St. Paschal I (817-24)
- Eugene II (824-27)
- Valentine (827)
- Gregory IV (827-44)
- Sergius II (844-47)
- St. Leo IV (847-55)
- Benedict III (855-58)
- St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
- Adrian II (867-72)
- John VIII (872-82)
- Marinus I (882-84)
- St. Adrian III (884-85)
- Stephen V (VI) (885-91)
- Formosus (891-96)
- Boniface VI (896)
- Stephen VI (VII) (896-97)
- Romanus (897)
- Theodore II (897)
- John IX (898-900)
- Benedict IV (900-03)
- Leo V (903)
- Sergius III (904-11)
- Anastasius III (911-13)
- Lando (913-14)
- John X (914-28)
- Leo VI (928)
- Stephen VIII (929-31)
- John XI (931-35)
- Leo VII (936-39)
- Stephen IX (939-42)
- Marinus II (942-46)
- Agapetus II (946-55)
- John XII (955-63)
- Leo VIII (963-64)
- Benedict V (964)
- John XIII (965-72)
- Benedict VI (973-74)
- Benedict VII (974-83)
- John XIV (983-84)
- John XV (985-96)
- Gregory V (996-99)
- Sylvester II (999-1003)
- John XVII (1003)
- John XVIII (1003-09)
- Sergius IV (1009-12)
- Benedict VIII (1012-24)
- John XIX (1024-32)
- Benedict IX (1032-45)
- Sylvester III (1045)
- Benedict IX (1045)
- Gregory VI (1045-46)
- Clement II (1046-47)
- Benedict IX (1047-48)
- Damasus II (1048)
- St. Leo IX (1049-54)
- Victor II (1055-57)
- Stephen X (1057-58)
- Nicholas II (1058-61)
- Alexander II (1061-73)
- St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
- Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
- Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
- Paschal II (1099-1118)
- Gelasius II (1118-19)
- Callistus II (1119-24)
- Honorius II (1124-30)
- Innocent II (1130-43)
- Celestine II (1143-44)
- Lucius II (1144-45)
- Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
- Anastasius IV (1153-54)
- Adrian IV (1154-59)
- Alexander III (1159-81)
- Lucius III (1181-85)
- Urban III (1185-87)
- Gregory VIII (1187)
- Clement III (1187-91)
- Celestine III (1191-98)
- Innocent III (1198-1216)
- Honorius III (1216-27)
- Gregory IX (1227-41)
- Celestine IV (1241)
- Innocent IV (1243-54)
- Alexander IV (1254-61)
- Urban IV (1261-64)
- Clement IV (1265-68)
- Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
- Blessed Innocent V (1276)
- Adrian V (1276)
- John XXI (1276-77)
- Nicholas III (1277-80)
- Martin IV (1281-85)
- Honorius IV (1285-87)
- Nicholas IV (1288-92)
- St. Celestine V (1294)
- Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
- Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
- Clement V (1305-14)
- John XXII (1316-34)
- Benedict XII (1334-42)
- Clement VI (1342-52)
- Innocent VI (1352-62)
- Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
- Gregory XI (1370-78)
- Urban VI (1378-89)
- Boniface IX (1389-1404)
- Innocent VII (1404-06)
- Gregory XII (1406-15)
- Martin V (1417-31)
- Eugene IV (1431-47)
- Nicholas V (1447-55)
- Callistus III (1455-58)
- Pius II (1458-64)
- Paul II (1464-71)
- Sixtus IV (1471-84)
- Innocent VIII (1484-92)
- Alexander VI (1492-1503)
- Pius III (1503)
- Julius II (1503-13)
- Leo X (1513-21)
- Adrian VI (1522-23)
- Clement VII (1523-34)
- Paul III (1534-49)
- Julius III (1550-55)
- Marcellus II (1555)
- Paul IV (1555-59)
- Pius IV (1559-65)
- St. Pius V (1566-72)
- Gregory XIII (1572-85)
- Sixtus V (1585-90)
- Urban VII (1590)
- Gregory XIV (1590-91)
- Innocent IX (1591)
- Clement VIII (1592-1605)
- Leo XI (1605)
- Paul V (1605-21)
- Gregory XV (1621-23)
- Urban VIII (1623-44)
- Innocent X (1644-55)
- Alexander VII (1655-67)
- Clement IX (1667-69)
- Clement X (1670-76)
- Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
- Alexander VIII (1689-91)
- Innocent XII (1691-1700)
- Clement XI (1700-21)
- Innocent XIII (1721-24)
- Benedict XIII (1724-30)
- Clement XII (1730-40)
- Benedict XIV (1740-58)
- Clement XIII (1758-69)
- Clement XIV (1769-74)
- Pius VI (1775-99)
- Pius VII (1800-23)
- Leo XII (1823-29)
- Pius VIII (1829-30)
- Gregory XVI (1831-46)
- Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
- Leo XIII (1878-1903)
- St. Pius X (1903-14)
- Benedict XV (1914-22)
- Pius XI (1922-39)
- Pius XII (1939-58)
- St. John XXIII (1958-63)
- St. Paul VI (1963-78)
- John Paul I (1978)
- St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
- Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
- Francis (2013-2025)
- Leo XIV (2025—)