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A Visit from Blessed Popiełuszko: “The Invitation to Holiness Is Indeed Possible”

A Visitor from Heaven, Part II: Apparitions in Northern Italy In Part I, I recounted the life of Blessed Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko, the Polish priest and martyr who was assassinated by...

Argentine priest in ‘Minions’ hat makes fruit salad during Pentecost Mass to explain Holy Spirit

Wearing a Boca Juniors apron and a ‘Minions’ hat, an Argentine priest prepared a fruit salad during Pentecost Mass, purportedly to teach children about the fruits of the Holy Spiri...

The World’s Oldest Priest Dies: Who Was He? How Old Was He? Where Did He Live?

Father Bruno Kant always carried his breviary, "his last and most precious memento." He obtained his high school diploma in Danzig in 1934. He lost his father in the War, a painful...

Gottfried Paschke

Bishop rides e-scooter through church at Confirmation Mass to ‘explain the Holy Spirit’

Austria's Bishop Ägidius Zsifkovics scooted through a Confirmation Mass to 'meet’ the children ‘where they are' before telling the media he is ‘not set’ for or against priestly cel...

Fr Ante Gabrić, SJ: Apostle of the Sundarbans

Éric Salobir: „Es gibt viel, was das Valley und den Vatikan miteinander verbindet“

Einst Banker, heute Ordensbruder: Éric Salobir organisiert vertrauliche Treffen zwischen Tech-Größen und dem Vatikan. Im Interview erzählt er, wie diese Papst Leos Enzyklika inspir...

Kinshasa priest engages DR Congo youth with rap music

Clad in his black cassock and energised by the frenetic beat, Jean-Pierre Mongambi, Kinshasa's "rapping priest", roamed underprivileged districts using rap to bring the gospel to t...

The DJ pastor

For ELCA pastor Tom Gehring, life and faith would be incomplete without “songs to dance to that make you feel human.” A chaplain serving people in the Chicago area who... The post...

Top Austrian priest to retire early after scandal over female companion

Fr. Anton ‘Toni’ Faber, one of Austria’s most famous priests, sparked outrage for appearing at high-society events with a blonde woman presented as his partner.

The Education of Pope Leo XIV

Father Bob Prevost, today known to the world as Pope Leo XIV, says that when he first arrived in Peru as an Augustinian missionary in 1985, thirty years old and three years a pries...

Swiss diocese of St. Gallen promotes ‘working together’ for ‘election of first female pope’

For the Diocese of St. Gallen, ‘women must be treated as equals to men—in all circumstances,’ apparently including ‘women’s ordination,’ according to a heterodox diocesan campaign.

The Life and Death of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko

A Visitor from Heaven, Part I: Apparitions in Northern Italy Last year, in remote Poland, an intriguing book appeared around private apparitions of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko. This...

Die Wahrheit: „Der Papst hat gratuliert“

Das Wahrheit-Interview: Der Sprengmeister Jürg-Fridolin Bieri über seinen Auftrag bei den exkommunizierten Piusbrüdern. mehr...

PB 163 - Johann Kreter von der "Johann-Bäckerei"

Feed My Lambs

Griffin Oleynick, Commonweal Among the several traditional liturgical celebrations restored over the past year by Pope Leo XIV, there's one obscure rite you've probably never hear...

St Francis of Assisi Reimagined Through Indian Dance and Drama

An unexpected grace | Pope Francis: in memoriam

Swiss theologian: Pope Leo’s encyclical failed to address ‘chaotic legacy’ of Francis

Swiss theologian Fr. Martin Grichting argues the Pope's debut encyclical signals a desire to appear ‘contemporary’ rather than serve the Catholic Church's most urgent needs.

Papst: Papst vor Hunderttausenden Jugendlichen: «Seid das Licht»

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Cardinal Czerny pays tribute to martyred Czech priests Headlines

Cardinal Czerny pays tribute to martyred Czech priests Headlines

The Spirit of St. Augustine: Reflecting on the Major Themes of Pope Leo's First Year

Gregory Grimes on teaching.

ARD-Podcast „Seelenfänger: Holy Hell“: Züchtigen für den Himmel

Die neuste Staffel beschäftigt sich mit den Kwasizabantu. Wieder gelingt es dem BR eindrücklich Abgründe spiritueller Gruppierungen zu zeigen. mehr...

Being a Father, Becoming a Saint

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