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Leading theologians and cardinals examine Marian doctrine, devotion and history nearly a year after the Vatican controversially called the title inopportune in official usage.Two cardinals, leading theologians and other scholars defended…

Country singer Ella Langley canceled her sold-out concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday after police received a call threatening concertgoers. Officers said they found no credible threat after sweeping the venue and surrounding area and…

FILM REVIEW: One-man stage play becomes an inspiring movie about America’s first black priest.Tolton: From Slave to Priest is a winning work from St. Luke Productions that takes a slightly different approach to films as it stirs emotions…

A hurricane barreling toward the southeastern United States could threaten Gulf Coast refineries and push fuel prices even higher.Refineries that process roughly 500,000 barrels of oil a day lie within Hurricane Isaias’ potential damage…

A century after the Cristero War began in 1926, scholars gathered to discuss the church-state relationship in Mexico and Latin America.A conference in Rome reflected on the legacy of Mexico’s Cristero movement, marking the 100th…

A Green Party congressional candidate in Wisconsin was arrested Thursday after a video captured him shouting profanities at an Israeli father whose young son was in the car.Matthew Arndt, 54, who is running for Wisconsin’s 6th…

COMMENTARY: We cannot truly understand the human person, human relationships or the economy without God.Editor's Note: Dr. Staudt’s column is syndicated by the Denver Catholic, the official publication of the Archdiocese of Denver. It is…

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) appeared to struggle to decide whether Israel or the Iranian regime posed a greater threat to the United States.Leland Vittert, host of “On Balance,” posed the question in reference to a claim…

Students protested the universityʼs handling of alleged sexual assaults involving members of the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024.Catholic clergy at Cornell University issued a pastoral letter encouraging students to engage in “difficult…

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is turning to former President Barack Obama for help on the campaign trail, years after arguing that Obama’s presidency left the country no better off.Obama is scheduled to campaign…

The pontiff held a private audience on Wednesday with a group of Vatican Museum patrons.Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday urged patrons of the Vatican Museums to rediscover beauty in an era dominated by technology. The pontiff held a private…

There’s a new trend in home design, and it’s centered around shopping at warehouse clubs.The so-called Costco door is all over social media as devotees rave about how convenient it is. This miniature-sized door is installed inside the…

Host: Brett McKayProducer: Kate McKay October 6, 2026In: Character, Podcast, Self-ImprovementWe live in a world of pervasive noise. Even when we’re alone and our surroundings are quiet, our devices bombard us with an endless stream…

The meeting brought together the first American-born Pope and one of the country’s best-known Catholic evangelists, both with deep roots in Illinois.Pope Leo XIV received a relic of Blessed Fulton J. Sheen from leaders of the Diocese of…

Over the weekend, a huge crowd of angry leftists tried to stop our next movie from being made. Why? Because the film is about an ICE agent who comes under fire while arresting a criminal illegal immigrant.In Livingston, Montana, a blue…

The Archdiocese of St. Louis says it has been discriminated against in its efforts to minister to Catholic ICE detainees.The Archdiocese of St. Louis is challenging an immigration detention center’s visitation policies it says prevent…

Televangelist Jim Bakker, who was made famous by his TV empire and disgraced by a sex scandal and fraud conviction, has died at the age of 86, his widow announced on Monday.“It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband,…

A reader recently wrote in with a question I’ve gotten some version of dozens of times over the years. He’s a year into fatherhood, his wife is about to go back to work, and he’s struggling to fit in exercise, friends, hobbies, and…

COMMENTARY: A decade on, Leo seems intent on recovering Francis' vision of marriage and family rather than reheating the Communion debate.This week Pope Leo will preside over a meeting of bishops to discuss the pastoral application of…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off a Democratic get-out-the-vote push ahead of the midterms with one of her favorite pieces of political wisdom: If you feel powerless, you are powerless. And if you feel powerful, you guessed…