Archive for July 28, 2024

From left to right: St. Thomas More, St. Helena, St. Louis IX, St. Monica, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

5 saints who were grandparents 

As the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day for Grandparents and Elderly, we look to the example of five saints... Read more

Emilio Madrid Mérida stands beside the tomb of the future saint Carlo Acutis.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

From celebrating ‘Mass’ at 4 to entering the seminary at 13: Emilio’s inspiring vocation

Now, at 16, Emilio Madrid Mérida dreams of being a priest and says he has found happiness in the seminary... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for the Sunday Angelus, July 28, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Rachel Thomas

Pope Francis proposes 3 gestures from Gospel miracle to live at Mass

The pope pointed out “offering, giving thanks, and sharing” as highlights of the miracle recounted in the Gospel of John. Read more

Smoke billows near windows as performers participate in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

‘Words cannot describe it’: Bishop urges ‘renewed zeal’ in face of ‘heinous’ Last Supper mockery at Olympics

The ceremony drew criticism around the world for its profane depiction of the Last Supper. Read more

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Pope Francis presides over Holy Mass on Gaudete Sunday on the island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024

Pope Francis praises faith of Catholics in French Corsica

St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia.

‘Reverently awe-inspiring’: The story behind twin Catholic parishes in Virginia, Maryland

The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast, a drop of milk fell to the ground, turning the stone completely white.

Bethlehem’s ‘Milk Grotto’: A pilgrimage site of hope for families seeking miracles

Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92   

Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas Concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

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Christmas 2024: Catholic gifts for anyone on your shopping list

Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

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