2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (913+ words) I remember exactly where I was when Pope Leo was announced as Pope Francis's successor: Sitting in my boss's office, where he has a large screen television. I'd heard on the radio that there was white smoke billowing from the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (395+ words) It's been all over the news: United States Catholics see a 38 percent surge in adult converts over Easter 2026. Do a Google search and you'll get more." From (the liberal) Religion News Service: "A wave of new Catholics is coming this…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (859+ words) Sadly, my Church is missing what's happening." With the best of intentions, targeted outreach, the formation of "study" committees, and recent messaging campaigns, it risks not only failing to attract fallen-away Catholics; it risks turning away devout Catholics " and the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (722+ words) In September 2026, a light will shine on the American Catholic Church when Fulton J. Sheen (18951979) will be beatified in a ceremony in Peoria, Illinois. Beatification, the last process before canonization as a saint, will elevate this extraordinary man who speaks for…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (495+ words) If all religions are a path to God, then there's no reason to become Catholic. Why bother even to be Christian? Francis's statement seemed to contradict Christ's contention that there's no way to the Father except through Him. Christ left…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (728+ words) A new book, "The Disastrous Pontificate," by Dominic Grigio (a pseudonym, since the author is really a well known Catholic priest and thinker) was just published by Os Justi Press." The 900-plus page volume is a scholarly work years in…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (711+ words) A couple of years ago, I headed on out to Villanova University to hear writer and author Jim Forest talk about his new book, At Play in the Lions" Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan." When I was…...