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Learning a Lenten lesson, courtesy of a screaming man on Skid Row
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (399+ words) By the time I finish writing this, the incident happening right outside my office in a Skid Row homeless shelter will likely be over. It has been going on for over an hour. A man in his 30s is holding a…...
When a door opens: How we found hope in the Holy Year - Angelus News
2+ mon, 12+ hour ago (168+ words) On the cover: A pilgrim touches the Holy Door upon entering Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran in November. The 2025 Jubilee Holy Year brought millions of pilgrims to Rome, inspired countless events, and even saw the election of a new…...
Hope renewed: RECongress marks 70 years
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (92+ words) Hope renewed: RECongress marks 70 years'Angelus News Vol. 11 | No. 5 | March 6, 2026 On the cover: RECongress participants attend one of the event's Music and Liturgy track workshops. The 70th annual RECongress offered a message of hope for Catholics facing the challenges associated with declining…...
Saints of the day: Perpetua and Felicity
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (162+ words) Saints of the day: Perpetua and Felicity'Angelus News Saints of the day: Perpetua and Felicity Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were martyrs who died for their faith around the year 203. St. Perpetua was a young noblewoman and mother living in Carthage,…...
A youth religious revival moment for the US? One sociologist says no
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1132+ words) In the last few years since the COVID-19 pandemic, many observers have pointed to a few surprising moments and trends as evidence of an American Christian revival. For example, there was the weekslong continuous prayer service at Asbury University in…...
Synod reports recommends new digital commission, allowing women in priest formation
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (928+ words) A Synod on Synodality study group has recommended the creation of a new "Pontifical Commission for Digital Culture and New Technologies" in the first of 15 synod study group reports expected in the coming weeks. The Vatican published the first two…...
A Catholic approach to therapy coming to a new university counseling program
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (511+ words) A Catholic counseling formation center will open in Arizona this fall as a project of the University of Mary and the Diocese of Phoenix. The Photina Center for Catholic Counseling will offer in-person courses for the University of Mary's Catholic…...
Debates about Zionism often at odds with Catholic understanding
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1309+ words) Experts in Jewish-Catholic relations told OSV News that some current public debates about Zionism, including among Catholics, are at odds with the Catholic understanding of the term -- which itself has an array of meanings, as does the word "Israel" itself....
Saint of the day: Katharine Drexel
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (243+ words) St. Katharine Drexel was born on November 26, 1858. Her family was wealthy and well-connected, and they used their status to provide for the less fortunate." Three times a week, Katharine's mother opened their home to the poor, and her father spent…...
How St. Patrick struggled with Latin and had to use the language of the Bible
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (552+ words) Years ago I visited the island of Crete and saw the reliquary that holds the skull of St. Titus, the companion of St. Paul. You can't see much of the old bishop's bones. The relic is mostly encased in precious…...