5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (243+ words) Bernard keeps us on our toes. He states: "I would have you warned: no one lives on earth without temptation; if one is relieved of'one, let him surely expect another. We must nurture the correct balance between assurance in Gods…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago  (322+ words) The February edition of the Italian magazine, Piazza San Pietro, is dedicated to the theme "Faith that endures suffering." In the section dedicated to dialogue with readers, Pope Leo XIV responds to Rocco, an atheist from Reggio Calabria in southern…...

13+ hour, 35+ min ago  (379+ words) The notion of "freedom" has become contentious in public discourse. Freedom is a good to which we all aspire; we rise up against anything which threatens to curtail or confine our freedom. As a result, the vocabulary of freedom is…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago  (654+ words) By Angella Rwezaula and Sr. Christine Masivo, CPS " Vatican. The 116th anniversary of the birth of the Servant of God Sr. Maria Dulcissima in 2026 was marked by special prayers and thanksgiving, honoring her spiritual legacy and asking God for her swift…...

18+ hour, 41+ min ago  (168+ words) Marcel Ariston BL" - Abidjan The coincidence of Muslim Ramadan and Christian Lent carries a symbolic, powerful, and special significance. Thirty days of asceticism for Muslims, forty for Christians'two distinct spiritual paths but following the same perspective: almsgiving, prayer, and penitence…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (232+ words) Mary Ward, that great Christian educator of the 17th century, used to tell her sisters: "Do your best and God will help. The notion that God can and will help us in our predicaments is axiomatic to Biblical faith. It sets…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (540+ words) Around 18,000 pilgrims and visitors from around the world filed passed the mortal remains of St Francis of Assisi on Sunday, taking the unprecedented opportunity to venerate the major relics of one of the most beloved saints in the history of…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (291+ words) By Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO What sort of man was St Bernard? Where did he come from? He towers over the twelfth-century Cistercian movement: such were his charisma and industriousness. Many people, including some who should know better, suppose he…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (424+ words) By Deborah Castellano Lubov "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give it to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor let them be afraid." (Jn 14:27) With…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (382+ words) The Society of St. Pius X has rejected the Holy See's proposal for a "specifically theological" dialogue, because the texts of the Second Vatican Council and the legitimacy of the liturgical reform would never be called into question. They have…...