10+ hour, 36+ min ago  (267+ words) Virtue isn't absence. It is fullness. Virtue is always a positive good. Living virtuously means being filled with happiness and joy. It means being free. If this is the case, then chastity is far more than we would have supposed,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (909+ words) By Unknown author - eBay (front & back), Public Domain. Frank D. Gilroy lays bare the emotions of love and hate, empathy and dejection, in his loosely-autobiographical award-winning play'The Subject Was Roses, set in 1946 West Bronx, New York, featuring the Cleary family, John…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (362+ words) Victor Moussa | Shutterstock The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sided with Catholic therapists who counsel young people with gender dysphoria on Wednesday, December 17, blocking a Michigan law that banned so-called "conversion therapy." "This is a victory'for'children'nationwide,said Luke…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (465+ words) James Kirkikis | Shutterstock The bishops of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted on November 12 to approve a document prohibiting Catholic health care facilities from performing treatments on patients seeking to change their gender presentation. The landslide vote…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (397+ words) @Sanctuaire Louis et Z'lie d Alen'on Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to the "shining and inspiring example" of Louis and Z'lie Martin in a letter sent on October 18, 2025, on the 10th anniversary of their canonization. He emphasized how much the parents…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (484+ words) Today, October 10, is World Day Against the Death Penalty, an annual day when advocates around the world call for the end of the death penalty. The Catholic Mobilizing Network, located in Washington D.C., states that the death penalty is "a critical…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (478+ words) Spencer Tracy as Fr. Edward J. Flanagan in the film "Boys Town" As Sam Goldwyn famously said, "If you want to send a message, use Western Union." Sometimes, though, film can pack quite a punch " Boys Town (1938) is a notable example....

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (459+ words) Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images | AFP The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the Supreme Court for their decision in the case Mahmoud v. Taylor, which was released on Friday, June 27. The case concerned a group of public school parents from…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago  (255+ words) Some unexpected residents have taken up a temporary residence at the Speyer Cathedral in Speyer, Germany: two newborn falcon chicks. In the past, eagle owls had nested at the cathedral, said a June 20 release from the diocese. But there was…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (386+ words) Victor Moussa | Shutterstock The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, June 18, that the Tennessee law banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minor-aged children who identify as transgender does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The 6-3 decision in United States of America v. Skrmetti upholds…...