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Cultivating a relationship with Mary

by Colleen Pressprich

Developing a relationship with Mary changed my faith life. I would not be the woman I am today without her influence.

USCCB’s education director reflects on Catholic school landscape as school year begins
Pope ‘saddened’ by devastation in Indonesia following earthquake
Pope calls for end to West Bank violence, pursuit of two-state solution
Pope at Angelus: Mary a sign of hope, consolation for the world
True beauty found in enduring love, which ‘ennobles and lifts us up,’ pope says on feast of Assumption

U.S. Church

Washington Roundup: Leavitt to step down, Vance urges DOJ investigation over ‘gender ideologies’

by Kate Scanlon

While Congress was in the midst of its August recess, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she would step down from her podium at the end of …

DeSantis urged to exercise ‘justice, mercy’ and commute Florida inmate’s death sentence to life

‘Postliberalism’ will not strengthen the Catholic Church, authors of new book say

‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour

Iowa dioceses create scholarship-granting organization for federal tax credit program

Supreme Court sets date for case over Catholic preschools and Colorado’s ‘universal’ program

World

Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, financial assistance to disaster-stricken Colombia

by Junno Arocho Esteves

The pope’s donation, the bishops said, will be used to address the most pressing needs after the quake in Colombia, and the Vatican said it would provide additional …

Jordan prepares for 2,000th anniversary of Christ’s Baptism in 2030
Desecration of Madrid tabernacles, relic prompts court filing by Christian legal group
Latin America: Bishops express solidarity with Colombia as death toll surpasses 250
Pope Leo says Sunday is ‘foundation and kernel’ of liturgical year
Hong Kong’s Father Benedict Chao, world’s oldest Trappist monk, dead at 108

Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, condolences as bishops urge solidarity following Colombia earthquake

In France, pope to highlight life, unity; Vatican confirms he’ll meet with abuse victims

Franciscans in Peru martyred 35 years ago: They stayed when people needed them most

Vatican

World cannot remain indifferent to suffering of migrant children, pope says

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Opinion

The Church in the Upper Midwest

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Bob Dylan makes me want to be 80. Or even 85.

by Elizabeth Scalia

Five times to pray on the go

by Colleen Pressprich

Reviews

American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story

by John Mulderig
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Odyssey
Live-action ‘Moana’ sets sail on the silver screen
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