2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (710+ words) The social and ecological devastation wrought by war represents not just a political failure, but a moral crisis rooted in a divided heart in need of conversion, Pope Leo XIV said. Violence, injustice and environmental damage are not just “the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (414+ words) In today’s world where technology – especially artificial intelligence (AI) – is moving at lighting speed, Pope Leo, in his first encyclical letter titled Magnificent Humanity, strongly feels that without clear, comprehensive moral guardrails, it is very possible AI will become significantly…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (642+ words) Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something “decorative,” Pope Leo XIV said. “In the liturgy, to sing and to play music means to…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (223+ words) The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given August 19 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Singing also fosters communion. It contributes to the unity of hearts, overcoming differences between people and bringing everyone together in praise…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1079+ words) When Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis, attention will rightly fall on the celebrated television preacher whose broadcasts brought Catholic teaching into millions of American homes. But for almost two decades, behind Archbishop Sheen’s extraordinary reach stood…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (261+ words) Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based consultors, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. They are among a dozen newly named consultors to the Vatican department created…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (238+ words) The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Aug. 12 in St. Peter’s Basilica. The fifth chapter of the Conciliar Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC) is dedicated to the liturgical year, a theme we would like…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (408+ words) Pope Leo XIV encouraged sisters to foster vocations to religious life in the United States in a video message sent Aug. 12. Addressing participants in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly taking place in Orlando, Florida, the pope said, “the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (871+ words) Ohio resident Rhoda Wise was a laywoman, a wife and an adoptive mother – but she was also a mystic, stigmatist, and now the candidate for sainthood could be declared venerable by the Church. Wise’s cause for canonization took a significant…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (716+ words) Teenagers and young adults serving at St. John’s Summer Program at St. John Francis Regis Parish in Hollywood, Maryland, told the Catholic Standard what draws young people to the Church and gives them a reason to stay. They talked about…...