4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (576+ words) Pope Leo XIV at his Wednesday general audience urged people to take responsibility for the dignity of each human person and to embrace an identity centered on gift of self. “This dignity is entrusted to the responsibility of each person:…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (551+ words) Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City wrote a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to pause enforced departures of Haitians living in the U.S. Coakley, who serves as the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), wrote…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1101+ words) In Book X of his well-known work, “The Confessions,” St. Augustine describes memory as a vast interior palace or storehouse where the self is constituted. It’s through memory that man searches for God and for himself. “O my God, profound,…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (914+ words) Touring the U.S.–Mexico border between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg said the towering fortifications and razor wire dividing the two border communities evoked a painful memory in his own country’s history: the Berlin…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (418+ words) The faithful are called to leave behind "all passivity and indifference" toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the "rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today," Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience. "We…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (795+ words) The Trump administration has moved to end temporary protected status (TPS) for people from 13 countries since 2025, and Catholic bishops warn that people may still face unsafe conditions if forced to return. TPS is an immigration status granted to eligible foreign…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (672+ words) A Catholic legal group criticized President Donald Trump’s executive orders to restrict birthright citizenship, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is reviewing and monitoring them. The executive orders issued Aug. 6 direct the government to stop allowing foreign visitors…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (940+ words) Participants at the 17th annual Catholic Communication Collaboration (C3) Conference were still riding a wave of momentum two months after the release of “Magnifica Humanitas” (“Magnificent Humanity”), Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (453+ words) In an Aug. 2 message shared on X, Argüello declared: "Biopolitics is key to current global power. Life is toyed with, and people — their dreams, hunger, sexuality, and data — are exploited for the sake of profit and power." "Migration is part…...