Kevin Wells: The Catholic Church faces a hidden crisis: bishops who fail to father their priests, leaving them in despair. This “anti-fatherhood” episcopate drives priests to isolation and worldliness, weakening the Church.

Cardinal Arthur Roche, who leads the Vatican’s liturgy dicastery, encourages U.S. parishes to conduct guided readings of Pope Francis’ guidelines on the Mass.

Two weeks from today is Halloween. Halloween is rooted in Catholic tradition but is not a formal Catholic holiday. Its name derives from “All Hallows’ Eve,” the evening before All Saints’ Day (November 1), a Catholic solemnity honoring all saints, known and unknown. All Saints’

Bishop appointments have been a bane upon the Church for decades.

Open borders lead inevitably to national and cultural suicide.

The liturgy wars of the 1970s and 1980s have erupted again in recent years, starting with the motu proprio of Pope Francis, Traditionis Custodes, seeking to reverse the course set by Pope Benedict XVI in Summorum Pontificum.

In the religious landscape of Elizabethan England, where Catholicism was branded as treason, few figures embody the quiet heroism of faith under fire as profoundly as Saint Richard Gwyn. Born around 1537 in the rugged hills of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales, into a modest

In the shadow of the French Revolution, where the guillotine's blade symbolized the radical rejection of faith and tradition, a band of devoted women stood unyielding in their devotion to Christ and the Church. Among them was Blessed Marie-Clotilde-Angèle of St. Francis Borgia,

In the turbulent religious landscape of Elizabethan England, where Catholicism was branded as treason, few figures embody the quiet heroism of faith under fire as profoundly as Saint Richard Gwyn. Born around 1537 in the rugged hills of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales, into a

Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch (50-107 A.D.), who was one of the great bishops of the early Church. In the Martyrology we read: "At Rome, the holy bishop and martyr Ignatius. He was the second successor to the apostle Peter in the see of

'When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing" (Jn. 15:5).' (St. Mark the Ascetic)

A Massachusetts trial court judge has issued an order blocking the installation of statues of two Catholic saints on a new public safety building in the city of Quincy.

The Church celebrates two (optional) Memorials today: St. Hedwig (1174-1243): Hedwig was the aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, was married at an early age to Henry, Duke of Silesia. After their six children had been born, they both strove to advance in sanctity and to enrich

Saint Gerard Majella, often revered as the "Patron of Expectant Mothers," was a humble Italian lay brother whose short life exemplified profound faith, obedience, and charity. Born on April 6, 1726, in the small town of Muro Lucano, about fifty miles south of Naples, Italy,

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Blase Cupich to the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State. Cupich is 76 years of age, and past retirement age as Archbishop of Chicago. https://t.co/BAy8Q2mkKN

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There is no such being as a transgender person. There certainly are those who claim this status, but the truth is there are only males and females. There is no third sex, or gender, not dozens of them, as some have absurdly claimed.

Venerable Antonino Celona stands as a testament to unwavering faith amid profound trials, embodying the quiet heroism of a priest whose life was dedicated to spiritual reparation and the formation of souls. Born on April 13, 1873, in the small coastal village of Ganzirri near

In the turbulent landscape of early 20th-century Spain, where ideological clashes simmered beneath the surface of a divided society, emerged a figure whose life embodied quiet devotion, social advocacy, and unyielding faith. Blessed Narciso Basté Basté (1866–1936), a Spanish

Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to the Servant of God Rafael Merry del Val (1865-1930), who was active in combating Modernism as Pope St. Pius X’s Secretary of State, on the 140th anniversary of his birth.