Opinion

I quit the priesthood because it’s too hard to stay celibate

With his dark hair, dimpled chin and broad shoulders, Alberto Ravagnani looks like he should be heading to a Hollywood casting call. His lanky frame towers above six feet, his teeth are perfectly ...
America Magazine

Sorrow, shock for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran amid negotiations

Bishop Aldo Berardi, apostolic vicar of northern Arabia, issued a Feb. 28 statement on Facebook, urging the faithful "to ...
BusinessMirror

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

The Lenten period for penance started the week with Ash Wednesday, and some Catholic priests are happily bracing for long ...
National Catholic Register

Pope Leo XIV Reflects on Lenten Exercises, Citing St. Paul’s Call to Live ‘in a Manner Worthy of the Gospel of Christ’

Pope Leo XIV closed the Vatican’s weeklong Lenten spiritual exercises Friday by thanking retreat preacher Bishop Erik Varden ...