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As I got settled into a hotel room in West Virginia on Wednesday night, I read a text message from a young man I’ve known for a number of years. Nick is a bit of the heart of Hard as Nails ministry and wrote me to thank me for something I said when speaking to a group of missionaries in Columbus earlier this week: “Sometimes God needs you to fall because in getting back up again you realize you need Him.” I will trust my young friend that I said that...
What Does the Bible Say About Being Open to Children?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that when a man and a woman come together in marriage, the conception of a child “does not come from outside as something added on to the mutual love of the spouses, but springs from the very heart of that mutual giving, as its fruit and fulfillment” (2366). Hence the Church teaches that children are to be welcomed as gifts from the Lord. But where is this teaching found in Sacred Scripture?
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Don’t Cherry-Pick St. John Henry Newman, Say Theologians...
In his own words, Andrew Meszaros is “elated” that St. John Henry Newman will soon be declared a doctor of the Church. And why wouldn’t he be? As the inaugural holder of the St. John Henry Newman Chair at the Angelicum in Rome (the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas), Meszaros’ job is to foster scholarly engagement with the 19th-century English convert. And he believes the more appeals to Newman made in current Catholic discourse, “whatever our theological inclinations,” the better.
Why This Little-Known Catholic Classic Is Elon Musk’s Favorite Book...
Our Age of Martyrdom...
In the run-up to the Great Jubilee of 2000, Pope John Paul II created a Commission on the New Martyrs, whose report suggested that more Christians had been killed in odium fidei (in hatred of the faith) in the twentieth century than in the previous nineteen centuries of Christian history combined. Martyrdom, the pope knew, was not confined to the distant past and the Hollywood archives where films like The Robe and Demetrius and the Gladiators gather dust...
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How St. Stephen’s Feast Became Hungary’s National Holiday After the Fall of Communism...
Maybe We Need Fewer Church Professionals?
The Risk of Fearing God...
The idea that human fear is intimately associated with God may sound and appear as either an anomaly or a contradiction. In a worldview understanding of fear, God would be typically referenced by saying his name in vain and thus breaking the second commandment due to the cause of the fear experienced. Even more, fear as a human act would be associated with being afraid of God, not because he is the alpha and omega, but instead of what he can do to you if you cross Him...
St. John Eudes, the News, and Soapboxes...
Today’s the second day of school, and I’ve already got a kid home sick with a fever. That didn’t take long at all. And, true to form, I was up all night with him, even though my kids are 13, 12, and eight, and I assumed my sleepless-dad-nights were well behind me. I know soon enough I’ll be up all night waiting for my daughter to get home from sock hops or swimming at the quarry...
We Have an Invisible Vocations Crisis — Not Just Priests, But Marriages Too...
‘If Universe Big How God Real?’ How Light Pollution Foreshadows the Antichrist...
14 Things We Learned About Pope Leo XIV From His Brother’s Latest Interview...
Ever since his brother was named pope, John Prevost hasn’t been shy about talking to the press. Pope Leo XIV’s first phone call with his brother went viral, after a reporter captured it on video (“Why don’t you answer the phone,” the newly elected Pontiff had snapped at his brother in a highly relatable sibling interaction captured for posterity). Now, in a wide-ranging, half-hour interview with NBC’s Chicago affiliate...
The Fake UN Report That Undermines the Lanciano Miracle — and Why Catholics Must Speak Up...
No Snark. No Politics. Nothing But Merriment From Another World...
This Sunday, Urgent Words From Jesus, Our Lord, Coach, and Trainer...
What happened to the Blessed Virgin Mary after the crucifixion?
We need to restore what’s missing in Catholic education...
Pope Leo’s First 100 Days: Less Robert, More Peter...
3 Reasons to Do a Staycation...
Consuming Fire: A Reflection on the Upcoming 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time...
Mapped: The Most Turbulent Flight Route on Each Continent...
Chicago-Style Pizza Hand-Delivered to Pope Leo by Catholic Influencers in Viral Video...
Do We Have Vocations to Marriage and Singleness?
What Does Acts 1:4 Mean by Saying that Jesus Was ‘Eating Salt with Them’?
Children of Abraham: Let Us Find Another Way to Peace...
Pope Leo XIV Expands Rights for Parents Working in the Vatican...
Judge Declines to Dismiss Father Thomas Rosica Sexual Assault Lawsuit...
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The Readings for Sunday Mass deliver amazing news, but with an enormous hidden consequence. The news is truly great. The first three readings are like a jubilant band sounding the call to march to heaven with herald trumpets and joyous cymbals clashing. In the First Reading, from Isaiah, the Lord himself says “I come to gather the nations of every language...
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Jesus doesn’t answer the question put to Him in this Sunday’s Gospel. It profits us nothing to speculate on how many will be saved. What we need to know is what He tells us today—how to enter into salvation and how urgent it is to strive now, before the Master closes the door. Jesus is “the narrow gate,” the only way of salvation, the path by which all must travel to enter the kingdom of the Father...
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Oh merciful heavens, why would Netflix executives risk such a move that they know will infuriate millions of Chronicles of Narnia lovers around the world? I am referring, of course, to the decision — based on early photos of locations and outdoor sets for “The Magician’s Nephew” — to set the Narnia origins movie in 1955, as opposed to 1900 or thereabouts. This would move the core Narnia stories out of the World War II years...
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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)
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