Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic legislators to look to Augustine’s ‘City of God’

Vatican City, Aug 23, 2025 / 09:30 am Pope Leo XIV on Saturday urged Catholic lawmakers to draw inspiration from St. Augustine’s “City of God” as they navigate shifting global politics, warning against reducing the idea of human flourishing to...

Why You Can't Take Photos Inside The Sistine Chapel (There's A Copyright Involved)

In 2022, Hollywood star and motorcycle enthusiast Jason Momoa issued an apology after clicking pictures in the Sistine Chapel. Two years later, television personality Martha Stewart also drew condemnation for clicking photos inside the famous...

The World and Everything in It: August 26, 2025

Editor's note: The following text is a transcript of a podcast story. To listen to the story, click on the arrow beneath the headline above. MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning! California debates a bill that expands who can take custody of a child...

What is human prosperity? Pope Leo XIV answers based on St. Augustine

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 08.23.2025).- On the morning of Saturday, August 23, Pope Leo XIV received the participants in the 16th annual meeting of the International Network of Catholic Legislators in a private audience. Below is the English...

Catholic legislators must help build ‘city of God,’ Pope Leo XIV says

Catholic legislators are called to enact laws that reflect love of God and love of neighbor, Pope Leo XIV told an international group of lawmakers. “The future of human flourishing depends on which ‘love’ we choose to organize our society around —...

Doing 'a world of good for a world in need'

WASHINGTON | In an era of conflict and division, it's an intriguing and empowering invitation: "Do a world of good for a world in need." It comes from the Maryknoll Lay Missioners — a Catholic mission-sending community that tirelessly spreads a...

Will Catholics take a stand against Silicon Valley’s reproductive revolution?

Noor Siddiqui was 3 years old when the movie “Gattaca” (1997) was released. I’m not sure if she’s seen it, but given that the 1990s are back in fashion, I hope her social media algorithms suggest it to her. “Gattaca” is a science fiction drama set...

Timor-Leste’s ambassador visits PALM workers in Tasmania

Fr Sunil De Silva, left, and Inês Maria De Almeida at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ulverstone (Mersey-Leven Parish) Seasonal workers in northern Tasmania are finding a warm and welcoming community in a local Catholic parish. Source: Hobart...

St. Boniface offers Spanish Mass

St. Boniface Church in Monee will have a Mass spoken in Spanish beginning September 7. Fr. Frank Pusateri and Fr. Thomas Milota, priests from St. Liborius parish, will offer the Mass every Sunday at 12:30 p.m. St. Boniface, 5304 W. Main Street, is...

Mattingly: Catholic social media enters age of digital…

Catholic Daily Liturgical Guide 26/08/25

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH 2025. TWENTY FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C. FIRST READING “We were ready to share with you not only the Gospel of God but also our own selves.” A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians (1...

United States President Donald Trump and Global Leaders Rally Behind Ukraine on 34th Independence Day Amid Ongoing War with Russia and Fragile Peace Efforts

KYIV, Ukraine – August 25, 2025 – On Sunday, August 24, 2025, US President Donald Trump joined a chorus of world leaders in sending heartfelt messages of support to Ukraine as the nation commemorated its 34th Independence Day, a poignant milestone...

TEN MINUTES with Catherine Leen

CATHERINE LEEN is a Dublin born writer, documentary maker and oral historian. Mona & Mimi, her first full length play about Mona Best and Mimi Smith (John Lennon’s aunt) is being performed at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool on September 3-4, 2025....

How Patricia Lockwood Wrote “Will There Ever Be Another You”

On a humid evening in May, Patricia Lockwood, who writes with the impish verve and provocative guilelessness of a peeing cupid, was scanning the menu at a Mexican restaurant near her home, in Savannah, Georgia. Her husband, Jason Kendall, an...

Questioning the pope: How NCYC prepares to host a papal Q&A

Leaders of the National Catholic Youth Conference made a longshot request last month: Would Pope Leo XIV be willing to share a 10 minute, pre-recorded address with attendees at their November gathering? Ten days later, they received a completely...

Building futures, brick by brick and heart by heart

The Chairperson & Trustee of M3M Foundation, Dr Payal Kanodia, exemplifies leadership at the intersection of corporate excellence and transformative philanthropy. She combines strategic foresight with compassion and a commitment to...

Pope’s tailor highlights dignity of work

The election of a new pope this past spring has inspired numerous pieces of journalism about our Church. Looking beyond the pieces relating to politics and Church governance, one can find fascinating stories about people whose lives are uniquely...

Killing the Moonlight

Electric light, the telephone, radio, the automobile, the movie camera, the airplane: the last years of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth were a blur of technological innovation. In Italy, a provincial, largely agrarian...

Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious

The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, the agency said in a July 2025 court filing. President Donald Trump has previously vowed to abolish the Johnson...

Celebrity deaths of 2025: Who we’ve lost this year

TMZ's Michael Babcock joins LiveNOW's Andy Mac to discuss the legacy of late actor Val Kilmer. LOS ANGELES - As the year unfolds, 2025 has already seen the loss of several celebrities who have left a mark on the entertainment and political worlds....