Lebanon will become the 114th country to oppose this practice, which the Catechism calls “inadmissible.”
Father Benedict Chao lived through Japanese occupation, communist persecution, exile in Canada, and 70 years of monastic life in Hong Kong.
In 1891 a pope spoke into the chaos of the Industrial Revolution. In 2026 his namesake spoke into the age of AI. The tradition connecting them is worth knowing.
Should I demand everything and everyone around me to be perfect and exactly how I want, or am I much better off living with gratitude for all the people God has put in my life?
From the fjords of Norway to the limestone hills of Portugal, Europe's pilgrimage network extends far beyond Santiago.
When Pope Leo XIV visits the city of Florida, Uruguay, in November, he will pray before a 400-year-old statue that watched over the birth of a nation.
At his first general audience after the summer break, the Pope drew a line between prayer as encounter with God and meditation as a tool for personal well-being.
Born into poverty on August 4 in segregated New Orleans, baptized Catholic at three weeks old, Louis Armstrong's soul was as extraordinary as his music.
A yellowed flyer found in a Florence convent pharmacy describes a 19th-century tonic made from coca leaves and kola nuts. Sound familiar?
