Christianity didn’t conquer Rome; rather only Rome in its magnificence could provide a fitting cradle for the birth and growth of Christendom.

At Angelus, Pope Leo XIV reads the names of the three Christians killed by the “Israeli attack on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza”, denouncing the targeting of civilians and places of worships, saying “we need to immediately stop these barbaric acts of war”

Tragic news continues to arrive in these days from the Middle East, especially from Gaza. I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City, which as you know killed three Christians and

I think you should be occasionally, strategically rude in a way that might totally upend peoples lives for the better. Sometimes people need a push, or a question forced, but they don't know it yet.

Everyone in the next life will be celibate. Nobody will be married. Therefore marriage exists for the sake of producing celibates, not vice versa. When something exists temporarily and partially for the sake of an end that is permanent and universal, the end is better than the

Natural law moment indicator: the Senate just confirmed the first federal judge from the James Wilson Institute, founded by the great Hadley Arkes to advance natural law principles. Excited to see Judge Bluestone’s contributions to American jurisprudence!

“[T]here is nothing fresher, or more renewing, than the discovery of older truths, which used to be firmly settled.” – Hadley Arkes (Hadley Arkes of the James Wilson Institute), “The Return of George Sutherland” p. 281 (1994).

“In our democratic culture people often think it is threatening to judge another person's taste. Some are even offended by the suggestion that there is a difference between good and bad taste, or that it matters what you look at or read or listen to.” Sir Roger Scruton

Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV's message to Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers at St. Peter's Basilica: "Nothing that comes from man and his creativity should be used to undermine the dignity of others. Our mission--your mission--is to nurture a culture of Christian

'This culture of death manifests itself today through indifference, contempt for others, drugs, the pursuit of an easy life, a sexuality that becomes entertainment and the objectification of the human person, injustice, and so on' Pope Leo XIV

ELECTRIC scenes tonight in Saint Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV arrives to the Jubilee of Youth with 100,000 young people present

BREAKING | Pope Leo XIV will proclaim his first Doctor of the Church: St. John Henry Newman. On July 31, 2025, Pope Leo XIV received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, confirming the positive opinion of the Dicastery's

Vatican News - Six years ago, Pope Francis canonized English cardinal John Henry Newman. Now, he will join the other 37 men and women who have received the title of Doctor of the Church as Pope Leo confirmed the decision in a meeting with the Prefect of the Dicastery for the

The announcement that Pope Leo XIV will declare Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church is truly joyful news. St. John Henry Newman’s courageous pursuit of truth led him to enter the Catholic Church and helped deepen the Church’s understanding of how doctrine develops

"If the Church is independent of the State, so far as she is a messenger from God, therefore, should the State come into her communion, it is plain that they must at once change hostility into submission." St John Henry Newman, doctor ecclesiae

#LeoneXIV #GiubileodeiGiovani #PapaLeoneXIV Tor Vergata ribolle di vita: nel 2000 Giovanni Paolo II parlò a milioni di “sentinelle del mattino”, oggi Leone XIV riprende quel testimone con l'abbraccio dei giovani qui presenti per accoglierlo come padre

Going off script at the Prayer Vigil for the Jubilee of Young People, Pope Leo XIV tells the young people in English: “St. Augustine tells us; ‘There is no friendship that is authentic if it is not in Christ, and the true friendship is always in Jesus Christ, with truth, love and

Saint Augustine too had a restless youth, but he did not settle for less, did not silence the cry of his heart. He sought the truth that does not disappoint, and the beauty that does not fade. How did he find it? How did he find true friendship, and a love that gives rise to

If conservative, trad, right-leaning, etc. Catholics want to evangelize (or even just not turn people away from the Faith, including fellow Catholics) then they need to be clearly more *for* good things than *against* bad things.

Absolutely. Every Catholic rural owner in America should erect a little Calvary or image of Our Lady somewhere in their property facing a public road. Europe wasn’t made in a day, and we can start now.