Spiritual Life

What do Catholics mean by being “divinized”?

The Catholic tradition teaches that human beings are called to share in God’s own life. This is not metaphor, and it is not the same as becoming God.

• The desert fathers’ three rules for a quieter mind

• Are you actively rejecting God’s plan for creation?

• Leo XIV: Prayer is not a wellness technique

Africa

125 years of Catholic faith in Malawi, and still growing

The Gospel arrived in 1901 with a handful of Montfort missionaries. Today the Church runs 1,806 schools, 93...

John Paul II

Quick intro: 5 key ideas in John Paul II’s theology of the body

He gave 129 catecheses with one central claim: the body is not a problem to be managed but a person to be...

Autism

A new Catholic initiative puts autism in the pews

Founded by an autistic deacon, Catholic Autism UK hopes to help parishes notice barriers they may never have considered.

• The hidden graces of having a child with autism

• When 6 altar servers with Down syndrome take on a papal Mass

• The doctor’s question about my son’s autism that changed everything

Gaza

Gaza Christians, Pope mourn deaths of mother, daughter in Israeli air strike

Two Christian women were among five killed and many injured in an early morning strike on a Gaza City...

Saints

TODAY: Bartolo Longo’s 1st feast as Saint is his 100th anniversary

Bartolo Longo was canonized by Pope Leo just after his feast day in 2025. It was on October 5, 1926, that he...

Rosary

Friar: Annual Rosary pilgrimage says something about Church in USA

"To have so many of the faithful — young people, families, people from all walks of life — gathered days after...

Bible Study

A Franciscan-inspired Bible Study plan

St. Francis didn’t overthink what God asked. He just lived it. When he died 17 years after his conversion, his...

Leo XIV

St. Francis, Our Lady, and today’s Gospel: Pope’s thoughts

As we celebrate the Franciscan Jubilee Year, therefore, let us perseveringly ask for the gift of peace and...

Saints

4 Saints’ 4 rules for sharing the faith

Every saint shared the Gospel. Here are specific principles from four of them we need to apply in our own...

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