God’s Answer to the Pain of Adolescence The world wounds us early, but darkness has an enemy, and fear is not the end of the story.⤵️ hubs.la/Q03vJrp50

Blessed Carlo Acutis’ mother, Antonia Acutis, reacted joyfully to the news that her son and fellow Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized together on Sept. 7, noting that the two share several characteristics. ✍Sabrina Ferrisi Full article:

Dominican Father Ambrose Little Appointed New Director of Thomistic Institute 'The Thomistic Institute is one of the most dynamic apostolates in the Church, and we are immensely proud that it is an institute of our Pontifical Faculty,' Father Legge said. hubs.la/Q03vLYRh0

Independence Day #249 ‘We, the People’ have a lot of work to do to get our act together, so that we can celebrate the USA’s 250th birthday with gratitude and hope rather than soured spirits.⤵️ hubs.la/Q03vMdhZ0

4th of July Reflection: Freedom’s Fragile Reality If we want the U.S. to grow and prosper and continue to be ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave,’ then a mature freedom and a sound moral sense must be fully retrieved and put into public practice.⤵️

My mother and father regarded priests and nuns as individuals who sacrificed much in their lives, and secular Catholics like us should show our gratitude to them in a tangible way. ✍Richard C. Lukas Full article on our website.

What I Discovered When 10 Nuns Came Over for Dinner In a time of prejudice and social tension, a single afternoon with a group of Franciscan sisters offered an unexpected lesson in the things that truly endure.⤵️ hubs.la/Q03vM50m0

God’s Answer to the Pain of Adolescence The world wounds us early, but darkness has an enemy, and fear is not the end of the story.⤵️ hubs.la/Q03vMgdD0

The sights and sounds of Independence Day transcend both time and place. Fireworks and barbecuing are a culinary heritage traced back to July 4th gatherings from the early 19th century. There is a comforting predictability to these patriotic celebrations; as each time period and

Jonathan Roumie Meets the Pope: ‘There Was Just a Kindness On His Face’ Roumie also shared with Flynn his story of surrender to Christ amid a career of instability.⤵️ hubs.la/Q03vMfZc0

Why Catholics Are Patriots Devotion to one’s country is not only in accord with human dignity but essential for pursuing the City of God in a manner consistent with the gospel itself.⤵️ hubs.la/Q03vQ7sZ0

‘They were the most normal people in the world. And yet, the way they died, was two of them tried to save the life of the other one. It was heroic. And yet for them that was normal.’ ✍Matthew McDonald Full article: hubs.la/Q03vRMNS0

It has been a decade since Andrew Hansen’s brother, Kevin — a high-school theology teacher from Chicago — was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, which claimed his life in just seven short days. He was 33 years old. ✍Jonah McKeown Full article:

A recent article by veteran Vatican journalist Diane Montagna sheds new light on the questionnaire that led to Pope Francis’s restriction of the Traditional Latin Mass. EWTN's Frank Rocca shares insights on the leaked documents and whether the Vatican has responded.

God, Country and Leo XIV The first US pope ushers in a new era for the local Church and its faithful.⤵️ hubs.la/Q03vT23M0

In the 12 months leading up to next year’s American semiquincentennial, the tale will frequently be told of Benjamin Franklin’s encounter with Philadelphia matron Elizabeth Willing Powel, who asked, as Franklin left the Constitutional Convention: “Well, Doctor, what have we got —

Each Independence Day is an opportunity to appreciate anew the distinctiveness of being Catholic and being American. If there were any doubts one could be good at both, they were dispelled by the last conclave. ✍Daniel B. Gallagher Full article: hubs.la/Q03vQ8mv0

A Hat Tip to America: Religious Freedom and Parental Rights in the US and Germany The Supreme Court’s recent Montgomery County decision and the Archdiocese of Hamburg’s new pro-LGBT sex-education policy starkly contrast the two nations’ very different situations.⤵️

Man is called to freedom and truth. Truth is given to man as an unshakable foundation. “Only then he will be able to realize himself fully and even outgrow himself.” There is no freedom without truth. Both are integrated phenomena, fused into one. ✍Monika Jablonska Full

A novena, a noise and an unexpected chain of events that turned a hopeless situation around. ✍Patti Maguire Armstrong Full article: hubs.la/Q03vGGGG0