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Faith On the Hill: Catholic Members of Congress Share How Faith Shapes Their Lives and Work
For many of the 150 Catholics serving in the 119th Congress, faith plays an important role in their lives and work. The current number of Catholic lawmakers on Capitol Hill is slightly higher than the previous Congress, with Catholics accounting for more than 28% of the members of the United
It’s ‘a Mistake’ to Only Ban Cellphones in Schools, Archdiocese of Mexico Says
Parents must also regulate their children’s cellphone use regarding content and time spent at home, as well as set a good example by their own moderate and judicious use, the archdiocese said. The Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico said it considers it appropriate to regulate the use of cellphones and other
Beatified and ‘Based’: Why Gen Z Catholics Are Falling for Fulton Sheen
When Tim and Katie Blatchford got married in August 2025, they wanted to include a prayer on their wedding card that was slightly different from the usual selections. They chose the prayer for the canonization of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. The Gen Z couple, who are in their 20s,
Synod study group proposes commission to assess ‘ad limina’ visits
The Catholic Church needs an “independent ecclesiastical commission” to evaluate bishops’ ad limina visits.That is one of the conclusions of a nine-page document released Sept. 8 by the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod on the visits that regional groupings of bishops are required to make roughly every five years
Pope Leo Appoints Coadjutor Bishop for Puerto Rico’s Youngest Diocese
A coadjutor bishop serves alongside the current diocesan bishop and succeeds him after his retirement. Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday appointed a coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao, the third bishop nomination for the island of Puerto Rico in under three months. Father Gerardo Antonio Vargas Cruz, as coadjutor
The poison of ‘the croucher’
This week, we’re looking ahead to the readings for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time with Dr. Scott Powell— including reflections on forgiveness from Sirach and Jesus’s parable about forgiveness. ShareThis episode is brought to you by the Benedict XVI Institute’s Reverent Liturgy Project. Offering the practical wisdom of priests