Suffering

In a world obsessed with happiness, get to know Our Lady of Sorrows

Her feast day is September 15th, and she'll never smack you with a canned cliche to explain away your pain. She'll just sit at the foot of the cross with you and cry.

Suffering

Why my generation should revisit ‘The Passion of the Christ’

The film is back to remind us what passion and purpose really are.

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Pope Leo XIV blesses the crowd from a window of the apostolic palace overlooking St Peter's Square during the Angelus prayer in The Vatican on June 21, 2026.

His yoke lifts us up from every fall: Pope Leo

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Books

“In all people who suffer, there is Jesus”

Fr. Jacques Philippe makes a bold claim that will help you see suffering in a new light.

Medicine

Pope urges care and closeness in homes for the suffering

“No-one should ever be left alone,” Pope Leo said, noting that voluntary service helps counter a “culture of waste and death” through concrete acts of care.

Saints

Carmelite missionary to the United States named “venerable”

Sr. Maria Teresa of the Most Holy Trinity wanted to be a missionary in the United States and died from a painful illness in St. Louis, Missouri.

Africa

In Angola, Pope Leo prays for Ukraine, Lebanon

"I renew my call for weapons to fall silent and for the path of dialogue to be pursued."

Family

St. Joseph’s Day as ‘Feast of the Widowhood of Mary’

A new, private association of consecrated widows and women serving the sick and suffering takes March 19 as their special feast.

Philippines

Filipino faith at 505: Black Nazarene, Mass, and more

The devotion has spread all over the world, wherever one finds Filipinos. What is to be made of a devotion that draws in people by the millions?

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Leo to victims of New Year’s fire: God’s answer comes after silence

In an audience, the Pope comforted those affected by the fire in Switzerland, acknowledging it as a "test of our faith" but pointing to hope found in God.

Catholicism

Catholic comedian finds ‘family’ support when crisis strikes

As her daughter battles a brain tumor, Jen Fulwiler shared an experience she had at Mass, of the global unity of the worldwide Catholic (dysfunctional) family.

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